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SCOTUS Defends Property Rights, but Raises Constitutional Questions

by Rob Natelson | Apr 27, 2024 | 5th Amendment, Court Cases

The current Supreme Court is a vigorous defender of property rights. In general, I like that. But as I observed in a column last year, the court sometimes goes beyond what an accurate reading of the Constitution can justify. The Fifth Amendment is part of the Bill of...

The Feds Are Buying Our Emails!

by Judge Andrew Napolitano | Feb 5, 2024 | 4th Amendment, Current Events

While we are all consumed with Joe Biden’s bumblings and Donald Trump’s trials, the federal government’s rapacious appetite for spying on the private behavior of Americans as to whom it has no suspicion of wrongdoing continues unabated. Last week,...

The Foundation of the Constitution

by Michael Boldin | Dec 15, 2023 | 10th Amendment, Bill of Rights, Constitution

Here’s a pretty common question: Which is the most important amendment in the Bill of Rights? Setting aside the fact that I agree that the natural right of self-defense is there to defend all the others, it is a natural right, meaning you are born with that right. It...

The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws

by John Whitehead | Dec 7, 2023 | 4th Amendment, Current Events, Surveillance

The government wants us to believe that we have nothing to fear from its mass spying programs as long as we’ve done nothing wrong. Don’t believe it. It doesn’t matter whether you obey every law. The government’s definition of a “bad” guy is extraordinarily broad, and...

New Mexico “Emergency” Gun Ban a Violation of the Right of Self Defense

by Mike Maharrey | Sep 14, 2023 | 2nd Amendment, Incorporation Doctrine

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lynn Lujan Grisham’s “emergency” order banning the carrying of firearms in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County is a violation of the natural rights of the people, and likely a violation of the state constitution as well....

Reversing Incorporation?

by TJ Martinell | Sep 2, 2023 | 14th Amendment, Incorporation Doctrine

The Incorporation Doctrine is a commonly accepted constitutional interpretation asserting that the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution made the Bill of Rights enforceable by the federal government against the states. But not everyone agrees. In his paper Reversing...

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