James Madison’s Instruction: Throw a Fit!
What should the average person do when the federal government oversteps its constitutional bounds? Throw a fit! That’s what James Madison recommended when he laid out a blueprint for dealing with unconstitutional federal acts in Federalist #46. He wrote that...
America Could Use More “Out of the Mainstream” Judges
by Gary M. Galles Brett Kavanaugh’s impending confirmation hearings have sustained what has been over a decade-long Democrat “go to” Supreme Court strategy—calling nominees they don’t like “out of the mainstream.” In 2007, incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles...
The Limited Scope of the Full Faith and Credit Clause
Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution requires every state to give “full faith and credit” to public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state. This rather obscure constitutional provision eased its way into the spotlight in recent months as gun...