Bill of Rights
The Supreme Court Case that Protects Cops Using Dangerous Chokeholds
Even supporters of the police were shocked by the video of Officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on George Floyd’s neck as the restrained man struggled to breathe. Chauvin used one form of chokehold, and Floyd wasn’t the first person to be victimized by...
Does the Constitution Mean What It Says?
“No person … shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.”ย โ Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Abdulsalam al-Hela is a 53-year-old Yemeni cleric who has been incarcerated by the United States at the Guantanamo...
Restoring the Fourth Amendmentโs Oath or Affirmation Clause
The Fourth Amendmentโs requirements for obtaining a warrant have been subverted in practice and in legal theory. Thatโs the argument made in ย โThe Broken Fourth Amendment Oathโ paper written by Law Professor Laurent Sacharoff. The paper focuses on the need for...
Supreme Court: Property Rights vs Labor Unions
As the Supreme Courtโs recent Obamacare caseย illustrates,ย the justices no longer enforce most of the Constitutionโs limits on the federal government. But a new property rights decision demonstrates how they are super-enforcing the Bill of Rights. First some...