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Lysander Spooner’s Case Against Judicial Supremacy

Lysander Spooner’s Case Against Judicial Supremacy

by Michael Boldin | Mar 24, 2025 | Constitution, Founding Principles, Judiciary

“An unconstitutional judicial decision is no more binding than an unconstitutional legislative act.” That was Lysander Spooner, utterly rejecting the doctrine of judicial supremacy – the dangerous notion that a judicial opinion becomes law simply because judges...
Who Decides? The Founders’ Forgotten System of Checks and Balances

Who Decides? The Founders’ Forgotten System of Checks and Balances

by Michael Boldin | Feb 12, 2025 | Alexander Hamilton, Constitution, Founding Principles, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson

“There is not a syllable in the constitution, that makes a decision of the judiciary – of its own force, and without regard to its correctness – binding upon any body, either upon the executive, or the people.” That’s from Lysander Spooner, reminding us of...
The Supreme Court Was Wrong About Taxes

The Supreme Court Was Wrong About Taxes

by Rob Natelson | Jul 10, 2024 | 16th Amendment, Constitution, Court Cases, Taxation Clause

Along with some good decisions, Supreme Court justices made some mistakes in the term just ended. One mistake involved taxes—and it is likely to bedevil the court in future cases. Moore v. United States posed the question of whether Congress could tax corporate...
The Supreme Court Was Wrong About Taxes

The Supreme Court Bump Stock Case: Defeat for the “Deep State”

by Rob Natelson | Jun 26, 2024 | 2nd Amendment, ATF, Court Cases

Justice Clarence Thomas’ opinion for the Supreme Court in Garland v. Cargill—the “bump stock firearms” case—may be more important for what it does not say than for what it does. On its face, Cargill granted a statutory victory to gun owners. Below that, however, it...
The Supreme Court Was Wrong About Taxes

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...
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