Retired Supreme Court Justice Shows Danger of Trusting Federal Courts with Incorporation
So, you think empowering the federal courts to impose the Bill of Rights will end up expanding liberty? Think again. The incorporation doctrine suggests that the 14th Amendment applied Bill of Rights limitations against the state governments. Aside from being...
Federalist #9: What We Have Today Was Not the Plan
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the ninth in a series of articles giving an introduction to the Federalist Papers, a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States...
Wall Street Journal Calls for State Resistance to New EPA Regulations
In a recent op-ed, the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal enthusiastically embraced James Madison’s blueprint to deal with overreaching EPA regulations recently unveiled by the Obama administration. Refuse to cooperate. This provides yet another indication...