Constitution

The following was sent to Representative Ken Paxton, a leading contender for election as Speaker of the Texas House. -------- Original Mes...

One of the things I find misleading about discussions of constitutional interpretation in the Founding Era, particularly by "federalist...

After years of study of our situation, I have concluded that there are just two things we can do, and that have to be done in tandem. The fi...

Lingering controversy on the Citizens United decision is getting arguments for what the law, in this case the Constitution, should be, but ...

One of the best period treatises on the subject is The Subject's Right of Petitioning , Anonymous. (1703) It is important to explain ...

The case of Jefferson Wayne Schrader and Second Amendment Foundation v. Eric Holder and Federal Bureau of Investigation is on facts well-se...

Most people today take it for granted that for some act to be a crime there has to be a statute that forbids it and imposes a criminal penal...

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...