Federal Judges Protect and Defend Precedent
A nominee for a seat on a U.S. Court of Appeals revealed exactly why we can’t count on federal judges to “protect and defend” the Constitution. Their commitment is to protect and defend past court precedent. Joe Biden nominated Eunice C. Lee, for a...
Constitutional Overreach Has Real-World Consequences: Mortgage Edition
A lot of people view unconstitutional federal actions as a mere abstraction. They see it as a political issue, or perhaps legal mumbo-jumbo. But federal reach has real-world impacts on everyday people. For instance, the Federal Reserve, along with unconstitutional...
Washington DC’s Imperial Power Over the States
In an article published by the Mises Wire, Jeff Deist wrote something quite profound. “D.C. is very much an imperial power with respect to the fifty states, not just in the Middle East.” Britannica defines imperialism as “the state policy, practice,...