Don’t Blame the Constitution for Your Loss of Liberty
Some people want to blame the intrusive, overreaching federal government we have today on the Constitution.
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Originalism Myths #1: Originalists Think the Framers Agreed on Everything
This claim is fundamentally misconceived on two counts
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Law Professors’ Letter on Executive Power (Part 2): The Faithful President
even if the President has a constitutional duty to act in good faith (as I believe), I think Congress imposing a statutory obligation of good faith through criminal law (at least on a sitting President) is problematic.
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Law Professors’ Letter on Executive Power: An Originalist Argument by Nonoriginalists
It’ significant because their willingness to make a purely originalist argument here substantially undercuts the three leading criticisms of originalism heard for example during the Gorsuch hearings
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Can President Trump Shoot Jim Comey?
The president is not a king. He took an oath to uphold the Constitution. That includes the rule of law.
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The Founders’ Promises About What the Federal Government Could NOT Do
The Constitution created a federal government with powers that, as James Madison said, were “few and defined.” Yet today the feds have their paws in almost every pocket of American life. How did that happen? One reason is that if you don’t know much about the Constitution’s language, you can misread those “few and defined…
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New Info on the Constitution’s Ratification. Part III: Vermont
The ratification proceedings in Vermont, terminating with that state’s adoption of the Constitution on January 10, 1791, mostly corroborate, rather than contradict, earlier evidence.
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New Info on the Constitution’s Ratification. Part II: New Hampshire
New Hampshire was a small state, but its ratification was significant.
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Today in History: The Philadelphia Convention Convenes
On May 14, 1787, delegates from the several states convened in Philadelphia, forming a convention with the initial aim of proposing amendments to the Articles of Confederation.
DetailsNew Info on the Constitution’s Ratification. Part I: South Carolina
If you want to apply the Founders’ own rules of interpretation to the Constitution, the understanding of the ratifiers is most important.
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The Supremacy Clause as a Constraint on Federal Power
“In effect, the Clause reserves all remaining powers to the states, or to the people.”
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Liberty: The Historical Root of Protection
To the naysayers who claim that the Second Amendment has nothing to do with personal defense, here is some context:
We wouldn’t have the United States of America to live in without private citizens defending themselves and their right to bear arms.
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