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“Virgil and the Constitution” is Now Published!
Note: Image above generated by AI: Virgil never really posed in front of the American flag! Rob Natelson’s article has just been published showing how the American Founders used the works of the Roman poet Virgil in debating the Constitution.…
Justice Gorsuch’s Take on the Major Questions Doctrine
The Major Questions Doctrine is in the Constitution because it simply is the logical obverse of the…
Does the Constitution require a declaration of war for…
When the Constitution was adopted, international law required declarations only for offensive, not…
The Tariff Case—A Lost Opportunity (exclusive analysis…
Learning Resources v. Trump was a lost opportunity to begin the process of nudging Congress back…
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…
Overturning the Twentieth Century? – Independence Institute
Elite opinion aside, the Supreme Court has not aggressively attacked the bad precedents of the past century. Maybe it should. Above: A photo of the Supreme Court during part of the 20th century. This essay first appeared in Law & Liberty on…
Phil Weiser’s effort to muzzle free speech
How Weiser endorsed a now-defunct Montana effort to silence people. Above: Weiser has turned his…
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…
Unpacking the Presidential Appointments Lawsuit
For the Supreme Court to decide in favor of the president, it probably would have to overrule…
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