Constitution 101
The General Welfare Clause is not about writing checks
When challenged on the federal governmentโs constitutional authority to create welfare programs, meddle in education or run a national healthcare system, progressives will almost always appeal to the โgeneral welfare clause.โ Huffington Post columnist Paul Abrams...
Under the Constitution: Limited Strikes Qualify as War
In the Constitution, the Founders intentionally prohibited the Executive branch from having the power to unilaterally determine whether or not the country would engage in war. Few were more adamant about this than James Madison, the “Father of the...
Tucker and the US Constitution
Source: Foreword, by Clyde Wilson, to St. George Tucker’s View of the Constitution of the United States with Selected Writings, ed. Clyde N. Wilson (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1999). St. George TuckerโsView of the Constitution of the United...
Understanding Federal Supremacy
The Supremacy Clause stands as one of the most misunderstood and abused provisions in the Constitution. This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of...