The Power to Regulate Is the Power to Control
By Robert E. Wright In his 1819 opinion in McCulloch v. Maryland, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall famously stated what everyone already knew, “the power to tax ...
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How the Supreme Court Rewrote the Constitution Part VI: Crushing Civil Liberties
By: Rob Natelson The first, second, third, fourth and fifth installments in this series traced how the Supreme Court responded to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to break constitutional limits and create a powerful federal government. After trying ...
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How the Supreme Court Rewrote the Constitution Part V: Killing Economic Freedom
By: Rob Natelson The first, second, third, and fourth installments in this series described how the Constitution established a relatively small federal government with limited powers and how President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal challenged that ...
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How Federal Programs Helped Rich White People and Corporations Steal Land from Poor Black Farmers
By: Mike Maharrey A lot of people believe that the federal government is a friend to liberty because it protected African-Americans against discrimination in the 1960s. But research shows that ...
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