Constitution

Constitutional education, history, commentary, reform, compliance, and interpretation.

2013/02/15

No state prosecutions of fed agents

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Why state officials can't arrest, prosecute, or otherwise impede federal agents who violate the Constitution In response to a request ...
2012/10/01

Three needed voting reforms

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While most of the attention has been on issues like campaign finance and voter identification, there are three reforms that have been somewh...
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2012/09/12

Debt is a bet

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For as long as men have sought profit from investment there have been speculative bubbles. Every one of those investments are bets that the ...
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2012/09/02

Chaos and Constitutions

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One of the most important insights from chaos theory is that complex systems of interacting actors can exhibit patterns of behavior that see...
2012/08/27

McCulloch Redux

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Much has been written about the decision in McCulloch v. Maryland , as though it was a given, not subject to question, but there is a proble...
2012/08/17

Most voter ID statutes unconstitutional

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Most proposed or enacted voter ID statutes include a requirement to prove eligibility to vote by presenting proof of identity, and require t...
2012/08/15

Construing "strict construction"

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It is a common mistake of modern readers to presume that a term used in many instances in a document such as the Constitution has the ...
2012/07/25

Rule of Law - 1

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In his excellent book, Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of law , Richard Epstein begins his discuss...
2012/07/23

Is the Constitution fit for Americans?

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Most of the constitutional debates in which I participate are about whether to comply strictly with the Constitution as originally meant and...
2012/07/15

What motivated Roberts in his health care opinion?

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Many people are trying to find the motivation of CJ John Roberts in his extraordinary opinion in NFIB v. Sibelius , the health care case. ...
2012/07/12

List of constitutional rights

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A question I often get is to indicate a comprehensive, authoritative list of constitutional rights. Most legal scholars in the past have dec...
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2012/07/09

Diagram of Necessary and Proper Clause

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One of the most controversial clauses of the Constitution is Art. I Sec. 8 Cl. 18, which reads: [The] Congress shall have Power [...] To ...
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