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The 1876 Colorado Constitution’s extensive bill of rights
The 1876 Colorado Constitution protected economic and civil rights not found in the U.S. Constitution. This article first appeared on February 6, 2026 in Complete Colorado. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the original Colorado Constitution,…
Lefty Claims that by Curbing Government Waste, Musk…
The truth is that under a fair reading of the Constitution, most of the projects DOGE found were…
The case for defunding public radio
CPR's ad was dishonest. And dishonest advertising usually is a sign of a bad product. This…
Overturning the Twentieth Century? – Independence…
Elite opinion aside, the Supreme Court has not aggressively attacked the bad precedents of the past…
Was Elbridge Gerry the “Federal Farmer”?
New evidence supports the hypothesis that Gerry was the Federal Farmer. This post was first…
The Independence Institute’s Rob Natelson Garners 40th Supreme Court Citation
Supreme Court justices have cited Rob Natelson's research articles by name 40 times. On January 20, 2026 Rob Natelson garnered his 40th citation from a Supreme Court justice—one of the highest tallies since 2013 for any legal scholar, and highly…
How the Founders Explained Limits on the Federal…
We should take the Founders at their word. Above: Tench Coxe, whose widely-read articles emphasized…
Parents’ Rights: Why a Judge Stopped California From…
A federal court on Dec. 22 barred California public education officials from misleading parents…
Inflation: The Role of a Mistaken Supreme Court
Two erroneous Supreme Court decisions permanently weakened the stability of the dollar. Above: The…
Higher ed’s orthodoxy – Independence Institute
Far from being bastions of open-inquiry, universities usually have been bastions of orthodoxy and…
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