I am a federalist, and I am a conservative. As a federalist, I believe the U.S. Constitution defines roles for both federal and state governments, but as a conservative, I believe that the federal ...
As part of the National Constitution Center’s 27 Amendments (In 27 Days) project, each day we will look at a constitutional amendment. Through partnerships with leading scholars and universities, ...
M. Edward Whelan III's Dec. 20 Letter to the Editor ("Ninth Amendment Is Not Independent Font of Rights"), criticizing Randy E. Barnett's Dec. 9 analysis of the Abigail Alliance case back before the D ...
In the 1965 case of Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court struck down an allegedly virtue-inculcating state law barring the distribution of contraceptives to married couples, on the grounds that ...
Divided D.C. Circuit Panel Rules Trump May Not Remove Fed Board Member Will Ukraine Cost the GOP the Midterms? In Defense of John Bolton President Trump Deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for Operation Warp ...
At first glance, it seems like the least controversial bill ever put before Congress. The Enumerated Pow­ers Act (H.R. 1359) would require all legislation introduced in Congress to "contain a concise ...
I enjoy the diversity of people in my community and the world and do not want our differences to be hidden and not talked about. A value held by one individual is as important as one held by many. I ...
John Brummett riffs this morning on the landslide adoption of the Right to Hunt and Fish amendment (I think one liberal precinct in Fayetteville voted against it.) He comes up with some other rights ...