Is the Space Force Constitutional?
"Originalists need not worry too much about the Air Force issue - or the Space Force"
Samuel Adams: “The Constitution is Fixed”
A lot of people believe that the Constitution means what the supreme court tells us it means, until it changes its mind, of course.
Treaties Do Not Trump the Constitution
Does a treaty or international tribunal trump the Constitution? Short answer: No! As constitutional scholar Rob Natelson explained, “The treaty has the force only of a statute, not of a super-constitution.” In an exchange on social media, TAC member John Crigger did a good job of making this case as well. The debate centered on whether…
Podcast: Cult of Personality
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about how politics in America has devolved into a ridiculous cult of personality.
Tenther Tuesday Episode 39: The Stalker Surveillance State is Getting More Aggressive
Mike Maharrey and Michael Boldin discuss some aggressive government overreach, including TSA and DEA programs stalking innocent travelers and over-the-top efforts to keep surveillance programs secret.
People With Bad Constitutional Foundations End Up with Bad Constitutional Opinions
A lot of people seem to believe Pres. Donald Trump is some kind of limited government constitutionalist. He’s not. The other day, I got an email from a guy who embraces this idea. He claimed Trump “unwittingly embraces the fundamental ideals of the founders: ie. a smaller unobtrusive laissez-faire government, with emphasis on individual liberty…
New Article Shows How 18th Century Law Helps Us Understand the Constitution
A new article shows how we can use 18th century law books to answer constitutional questions
Why Constitutional Commentators Need to Know Latin
Constitutional commentators who are ignorant of Latin and its effects on 18th century English have done a great deal of interpretive damage.
The Stamp Act: A Constitutional Crisis
The Stamp Act was a major source of tension between the British and the colonists in the years leading the start of the War of Independence. The act was part of a broader constitutional crisis between the colonies and England. Echoes of that crisis have reverberated all the way through America’s history until today. The…
The Struggle for American Independence: The Constitutional Crisis
The continual clashes with Britain had indeed created two incompatible constitutional doctrines – the colonial Whig interpretation on one hand, and the Tory interpretation on the other.
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