The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill is Filled with Unconstitutional Programs
The U.S. government is unconstitutionally stimulating everybody. Congress finally pulled together a second unconstitutional coronavirus stimulus deal and, as most people already know, Pres. Trump signed it. The $900 billion coronavirus measure ranks as the...
The General Welfare Clause Is Not a Blank Check
If you ask somebody what constitutionally authorizes the federal government to take various actions to address the coronavirus, you generally won’t even get a direct answer. People will tell you, “This is an emergency, the government has to act.” Of...
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Which Hamilton Are You Talking About?
We often hear people referred to as “Hamiltonians.” But that term always makes me wonder, which Hamilton do you mean? I recently had the opportunity to speak to a class at the West Virginia University School of Law. The subject was the constitutionality of...