I'd like to enlist the services of my fellow Americans with a bit of detective work. Let's start off with hard evidence. The Federalist Papers were a set of documents written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison to persuade the 13 states to ratify the...
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Commerce Clause Abuse: How Congress Circumvents Both the Letter and Spirit of the Constitution
Several weeks ago, under the title "Is It Permissible?" I discussed how Congress systematically abuses the Constitution's "welfare clause" to control our lives in ways that would have been an abomination to the Framers. Quite a few readers pointed to my omission of...
European Constitution vs.British Sovereignty
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has survived with a wrist slap the first parliamentary committee's report on the false claims he made about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. But other, more determined, inquiries are underway, and a new imbroglio is brewing over...
A Constitutional Republic for Iraq
As the statue of Saddam Hussein came crashing down, President Bush told the Iraqi people, "You deserve better than tyranny and corruption and torture chambers. You deserve to live as free people. And I assure every citizen of Iraq: your nation will soon be free."...
Nike, Free Speech and the Constitution
Nike v. Kasky presents the Supreme Court with an opportunity to undo some of the constitutional damage resulting from the so-called "commercial speech doctrine," the Court's test for deciding whether self-interested speech is entitled to First Amendment protection....
Rights and The Constitution, Part Three
The purpose of this article is to trace and to explain the history of the concept of rights in judicial treatment.
Rights and The Constitution, Part Two
The purpose of this article is to trace and to explain the history of the concept of rights in judicial treatment.
Rights and The Constitution, Part One
The purpose of this article is to trace and to explain the history of the concept of rights in judicial treatment.
Economic Liberties And The Constitution By Bernard H. Siegan
Although the Founding Fathers were committed to protecting the individual’s property rights as well as his political/ intellectual rights, the Supreme Court since the 1930s has consistently failed to protect the former.
Support the Liberty Bill Act And Put the Constitution on our Dollars
Congressional office-holders take an oath that says: "I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic . . ." Wouldn't it be nice if the Constitution had an amendment requiring...
Remember the Constitution
"In every generation, the world has produced enemies of human freedom," President Bush reminded us in his remarks at the National Cathedral. "They have attacked America because we are freedom's home and defender, and the commitment of our fathers is now the calling of...
Ignorance or Contempt of the U.S. Constitution
Congressmen, presidents and Supreme Court justices take an oath of office swearing to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution. As if the Constitution itself isn't clear about what they must do, in Federalist Paper No. 45, James Madison, the acknowledged father of the...
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