The Incorporation Doctrine and the Bill of Rights
In a previousย Constitution 101 post, I established that the Bill of Rights was not originally intended to apply to the states. But lawyers and other supporters of federal courts policing rights at the state and local level will point to the 14thย Amendment. They argue...
Another Case Shows the Supreme Court Doesn’t Protect Liberty
The Supreme Court handed down another opinion eroding the Fourth Amendment in a case that should have never gone to the federal court. Kansas v. Gloverย revolves around a traffic stop by Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Mehrer. He pulled Charles Glover over...
Breaking the Tenth Amendment
A lot of people want to shoehorn the Constitution into their personal notions about liberty. But the Constitution isnโt a declaration of liberty. Even so, the decentralized structure of government inherent in the Constitution as ratified does provide a framework...