Constitution

It is useful to try to understand how some people construct often elaborate but mistaken beliefs about law and government. Almost all of the...

Those who claim a few minutes is “all it takes” to understand the Constitution are sadly unaware of the journey they have taken to get to th...

Much discussion of the Wickard v. Filburn line of precedents portrays what happened as a misconstruction of what the term “commerce” means ...

The San Jose Mercury News is running a series of articles, "How our laws are really made", with videos, about how lobbyists parti...

The U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision today in McDonald v. City of Chicago , holding 5-4 in favor of petitioner, and reversed and re...

In response to requests to summarize the most important judicial reforms needed, here is a list of some of the most important, with links to...

Debates among constitutional scholars on what constitutes an "originalist" method or position on questions of constitutional inter...

News that the bomb plot was foiled by vigilant street vendors has neglected to put the correct label on what that was: militia . The street ...

But do something else. There are many calls being heard to repeal the 17th Amendment that provided for the direct popular election of memb...

On jbs.org and other sites there is a so-called "model" nullification legislation that is similar to many measures that have alre...

Let's examine the indictment in detail from a constitutional standpoint. 1. The "general allegations" are inflammatory rhetor...

There is some confusion about what "apportionment" means or originally meant. To be apportioned any tax would have to be adjusted ...

Many people naively believe that if government officials exceed their authority, there is always a judicial remedy that might be sought in c...

Much of the opposition to the recently adopted Health Care Bill focuses on the alleged "mandate" for people to purchase health ins...

The question has been raised, essentially, "Is it honorable to take an oath to support a constitution, not only in its present state, b...

Below is an op-ed article in reply to that of Sandy Levinson that appeared Sunday, Feb. 7, in the Austin American-Statesman. Mine, like his...

A friend of mine, John Wolfgram, posed this interesting question: It is true that argument ad verecundiam (from authority) is a logical fal...