“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the colonists’ grievances with the British government. Notably absent were any complaints that the British government infringed upon the freedom of speech. In those days,...
“Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” – First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution When James Madison agreed be the scrivener at the Constitutional Convention during the summer of 1787, he could not...
by Rob Natelson Here are some quick comments on the Supreme Court’s opinion in Citizens United v. FEC: * The Court voided a federal law insofar as the law banned independent election expenses by corporations and labor unions on behalf of a candidate. Direct...