There's a familiar lament among constitutionalists—one heard at law schools, in courtrooms, and across think tank hallways—that most Americans know next to nothing about the nation's founding document. Ask a random college graduate about the Emoluments Clause or the Compact Clause and you'll get a blank stare. Yet even among lawyers and judges, constitutional knowledge is often shallow, piecemeal, or warped by ideology. The post The Constitutional Commentary We Need appeared first on .|
“No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice,” the Constitution explicitly states.| Articles – Truthout
Davis will petition the nation’s highest court on November 7 in hopes of overturning Obergefell v. Hodges. The post Kim Davis seeks Supreme Court review in challenge to marriage equality appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News.| Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News
Annotated translation of the 2018 amendment to China's Constitution.| NPC Observer
Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast for an in-depth dive into the career and jurisprudential mind of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The occasion for doing so is the publication in September of Justice Barrett’s new book, Listening to the Law. Anchoring Truths featured an exclusive review of the book by Michael A. Fragoso. Fragoso joins the ... The post From Professor Barrett to Justice Barrett with Michael A. Fragoso first appeared on Anchoring Truths.| Anchoring Truths
Le 30 janvier 2015, la Cour suprême du Canada (la Cour) a reconnu que le droit de grève est protégé par la Constitution, statuant dans l’arrêt Saskatchewan Federation of Labour c. Saskatchewan qu’il est une « composante indispensable » du processus de négociation collective. Ce faisant, la Cour a renversé sa position initiale datant de 1987.Cette décision fait partie d’une trilogie d’arrêts en droit du travail rédigés en 2015 par la Cour, qui a réexaminé la quest...| Notes de la Colline
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R), joined by Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), has introduced the No Sharia Act, which aims to prohibit the use or enforcement of Sharia Law a| Texas Politics
The assassination of Charlie Kirk—a law-abiding man peacefully speaking his mind in a public place to a crowd of people gathered to hear him—has touched off a new debate about “cancel culture.” Some on the Right who are understandably disgusted by seeing some on the Left gloat about, or even justify, Kirk’s murder have attempted to get such people fired from their jobs, with success in a number of cases.| The American Way of Life
Over the past decade, federal courts have consistently challenged executive branch actions. Most recently, the narrative has changed and the constitutional authority of the federal courts to stifle the executive orders has been questioned. While the Constitution does not directly articulate the presidential right to issue an executive order, the United States has a long […]| Northeastern University Political Review
Reading Time: 5minutesDisponible en français. On 30 January 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada (the Court) recognized a constitutional protection of the right to strike, ruling in Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan that this right is an “indispensable” part of collective bargaining. In... Read More › The post Constitutional Protection of the Right to Strike appeared first on HillNotes.| HillNotes
The Trump Administration’s approach to the government shutdown is aimed above all at recovering the unitary executive as envisioned by the framers of the Constitution. Article II’s vesting clause, the epitome of “short and sweet,” empowers the president to control the executive branch, as Alexander Hamilton explained in Federalist 70. Though the administrative state steadily... Read more about: Cutting Back the Administrative State The post Cutting Back the Administrative State appear...| The American Mind
Last week, the federal government “shut down” because the Senate could not get the required 60 votes to invoke cloture and pass a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. The CR had passed the House, was supported by a majority of the Senate, and would have been signed into law by President Trump. It... Read more about: Preserving Majority Rule Requires Limiting the Senate Filibuster The post Preserving Majority Rule Requires Limiting the Senate Filibuster appeared first on Th...| The American Mind
The Constitution’s original critics warned that presidential ambitions for imperial greatness could lead directly to militarism and tyranny.| Law & Liberty
Scott J. Lawson July 26, 2024 Can’t stand the Democrat or the Republican nominees for a certain political office? Really like another candidate on the ballot? Just looking to promote a change to the status quo or conduct a “protest vote”? Well voting third-party might just be for you. Or is it? Many voters in […]| Brass Tacks Politics
Scott J. Lawson June 28, 2024 How can it be that Joe Biden, a man running for President of the United States, during a nationally televised debate, peddled the same seven-year-old blatant misinformation and character assassination that has been fact-checked countless times and proven out of context to the point of being deliberately dishonest? During […]| Brass Tacks Politics
Scott J. Lawson June 19, 2024 Before the Progressive Era in the early twentieth century, the President of the United States was thought of more as an administrator tasked with faithfully executing …| Brass Tacks Politics
Think back to when you were in high school or even middle school. Do you remember the history textbook you used? Perhaps that’s the problem: what passed for your reading material was so forgettable. Or if you do remember it, do you remember it being so ideologically slanted you were constantly fighting the story you ... The post The Golden Thread with Prof. Allen Guelzo first appeared on Anchoring Truths.| Anchoring Truths
America requires citizens who can govern themselves, an antidote to the passions that precede mayhem and assassination.| The American Mind
Reading Time: 2minutesINTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed Phil Magness. On a recent Price of Business, Host Kevin Price visited with Dr. Phil Magness of Read more… The post The Free-Market Revolt Against Trump’s Tariffs appeared first on Daily Business Journal.| Daily Business Journal
When we think about the founding of the United States, we often focus on the Constitution, the Founding Fathers, and those first landmark elections. But how did the United States actually build its federal government, the entire apparatus of state that could collect revenue, manage international diplomacy, provide law and order, and extend its reach […]| Ben Franklin's World
By Nancy Spannaus September 17, 2025—After more than three months of deliberation, on September 17, 1787, the Confederation Congress of the United States agreed upon and signed a new Constitution. That document, now amended and improved over the past 238 years, was considered a unique and risky “experiment” in governance. […] The post “I will support and defend the Constitution …” appeared first on American System Now.| American System Now
To honor their memories and serve their noble cause, we must do all in our power to keep America worthy of their sacrifices.| The American Mind
Cette Étude de la Colline trace un portrait des régimes linguistiques mis en place par les provinces et les territoires, et en décrit brièvement les principales caractéristiques, sans toutefois être exhaustive. Au Canada, la compétence en matière de langue est partagée entre les différents ordres de gouvernement. Le gouvernement fédéral a adopté un régime linguistique bilingue dont les deux langues officielles sont l’anglais et le français. Bien qu’il ait mis en place ses ...| Notes de la Colline
One of the things I love most about homeschooling is that we get to slow down and talk about the things that matter, not just for academics, but for real life. Last school year, we learned about the beginnings of our country, the Revolutionary War, and the Declaration of Independence. As much as I ... Read More about Studying the Bill of Rights With Our Kids The post Studying the Bill of Rights With Our Kids appeared first on Arrows & Applesauce.| Arrows & Applesauce
On September 10, 2025, conservative influencer and activist Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Kirk was an active voice on college campuses around the country, seeking to challenge the younger generation to not only be involved in the political process but to stand up […]| Voice of Reason
Le droit pénal est politique ; c’est une évidence. Il suffit, pour s’en convaincre, de comparer les politiques pénales et les lois qui en résultent d’un gouvernement à l’autre : des peines plancher, plus de peines plancher ; plus de sécurité, donc … Continuer la lecture →| Jus ad libitum
Hard choices lie ahead, Christians. The bestselling team of James Robison and Jay Richards show what’s at stake in our post-Christian society, how to prepare, and why we must never forget that the battle, above all, is spiritual. Our rulers have kicked aside our Constitution and common sense. They have demonized our heroes. Now they’re trying to erase the difference Read More ›Source| Books – Discovery Institute
Donning a blue tie with no court robes in sight, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sat down to have a conversation with McLennan Community College history professor Ashley Cruseturner as part of the Ken Starr Lecture Series hosted by MCC Thursday evening.| The Baylor Lariat - The official student news source
The latest source of outrage within the Pentagon establishment is the rightful end of Army Lieutenant General Douglas Sims’s career, which has drawn loud protests from both active-duty and retired officers.| The American Way of Life
This HillStudy presents a non-exhaustive overview of the language regimes in place in the provinces and territories, and it briefly describes the main features of each one. In Canada, jurisdiction over language is shared between the various levels of government. The federal government has adopted a bilingual language regime in which the two official languages are English and French. Although it has established its own support measures, it relies on the provinces and territories to help ensur...| HillNotes
Generals are not meant to adjudicate political issues—they are obligated to do what they are told by their civilian superiors.| The American Mind
Lawyer and legal scholar Timon Cline returns to the podcast to share his ambitious proposal to revisit and overturn the Supreme Court’s 1947 ruling on the Establishment Clause in Everson v. Board of Education. Drawing on his recent Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy article, “Everson Must Fall,” co-authored with Josh Hammer (James Wilson ’21) and Yoram Hazony, Cline explains ... The post Everson Must Fall with Timon Cline first appeared on Anchoring Truths.| Anchoring Truths
This resource provides a comparison of the experience of judicial independence across three nations - Australia, Poland and Afghanistan, examining the role of the constitution and the associated the impacts of constitutional changes on judicial discretion and power, and therefore the achievement of the Rule of Law.| Rule of Law Education Centre
By Marsha Enright and Gen LaGreca 11:32 AM 09/15/2011 Constitution Day (September 17) commemorates the 1787 signing of the document that established the United States of America. But like the victim of a terrible accident, the government that was formed that historic day in Philadelphia is hardly recognizable today, and the heart that propelled it … Continue reading "James Madison Was Right About Property Rights"| Marsha Familaro Enright
Prof. Arkes’s article in the Texas Review of Law & Politics is hosted at Anchoring Truths with permission. The post Privileges & Immunities: Where Do Barnett & Bernick Lead Us? first appeared on Anchoring Truths.| Anchoring Truths
This right here, by the way, is why we’re making this film. It’s time people remember where we are before America disappears forever. I guess from my last vid you already knew that this video was forthcoming as soon as I could finish editing it. This is admittedly a 30-min rant, but I believe it’s […]| Truthstream Media
This video isn’t about a website or a piece of paper. Now we’re supposed to believe a “coding error” just erased the exact parts of our Constitution from Congress’ official site for weeks that the president is busy doing end runs around right now and claiming he doesn’t know if he’s supposed to uphold it […]| Truthstream Media
There is a set pattern here which was laid out in a letter written over 300 years ago detailing step-by-step what corrupt and wicked men in political power will do to destroy a country from within. After reading it, you can’t help but look around and recognize what’s happening here whether you want to see it or or not.| Truthstream Media
Half still want proper ecological assessments; two-in-five in Quebec demand provincial input June 26, 2025 – The fast track on projects deemed in the national interest is well on the way to being paved. But while Canadians broadly support the concept of accelerating the timelines of major national infrastructure projects, concern remains over what steps are being skipped to get…| Angus Reid Institute
Trump wants the Census Bureau to exclude undocumented immigrants, a move experts say would face legal, logistical, and constitutional hurdles.| Maryland Daily Record
What if I told you that hidden in the Constitution is a little-known provision that contains a gateway of sorts to a natural law, common-good inspired jurisprudence? And that this little treasure is hiding in plain sight, inexplicably ignored by jurists for decades? Well, there is such a section, and its contained in the opening ... The post The Preamble, Aristotle, and the Common Good first appeared on Anchoring Truths.| Anchoring Truths
When the IRS announced two weeks ago that it would not enforce a section of federal law commonly called the Johnson Amendment, many clerics rejoiced. The Johnson Amendment -- named for its author, then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson -- strikes a bargain with charities. You accept tax-free dollars, you stay out…| The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity
[From an announcement from Glasgow 2024 posted July 25, 2024] Glasgow 2024 has announced an innovative consultative vote on a proposed change to the Hugo Award categories. This proposed change, initially passed by the 2023 WSFS Business Meeting in Chengdu, would create two new Hugo Award categories, the Best Independent Short Film Award and the […]| The World Science Fiction Society
The updated version of the WSFS Constitution for 2023-24 and the Standing Rules for governance of the 2024 WSFS Business Meeting have been posted to the WSFS rules page. The 2023 WSFS Business Meeting minutes, Business Passed On to the 2024 WSFS Business Meeting, and updated Resolutions and Rulings of Continuing Effect as of the […]| The World Science Fiction Society
1st HR Suzanne Sherman Atty KNOCKS It Out OF The Park Today MUST LISTEN 2nd HR -Suzanne Sherman HR 2 MORE Knocks It Out of The Park Lots Of Fakery Going On ... The post The Kate Dalley Show for 06/26/25 appeared first on The New American.| The New American Podcast
Here is a first look teaser on our upcoming film “Liminality” (working title) which we consider to be our Magnum Opus. We’ve been working on it for six years now, and it’s taken us to two continents, ten countries, and countless events. We’ve interviewed over a dozen people, from authors to aristocrats. We’ve been digging through archives, deposit libraries, and societies to try and find all of the pieces of a long-forgotten puzzle — burned and buried history — that desperatel...| Truthstream Media
For many summers over more than a decade, I have had the pleasure of working with high school students attending the Great Books Summer Program. Great Books is a program for middle and high school …| After Class
Nayib Bukele has just had another of his critics arrested. The government of El Salvador Saturday detained prominent attorney Enrique Anaya. The constitutional lawyer frequently spoke in public and wrote on social media, about the constitution and the rule of law in El Salvador. He has been an outspoken critic of Nayib Bukele's capture of the judicial system in El Salvador and violations of the constitution. Anaya is purportedly being charged with money laundering, and his detention f...| El Salvador Perspectives
Ellison to speak on "the rule of law and executive overreach" from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Thursday at the Willmar Community Center.| West Central Tribune
I have a new piece out for Sublation on the state of democracy in the United States. There’s no paywall. You can read it here: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/how-democracies-cry-the-endless-wailing-of-levitsky-and-ziblatt| Benjamin Studebaker
A rare fracture among Republicans helped stall what would have been the most extreme escalation yet of anti-BDS laws in the U.S., Robert Inlakesh reports. By Robert Inlakesh MintPress News A sweeping pro-Israel bill backed by Republican leadership and American Israel Public Affairs Committe| Consortium News
Gavin Newsom’s characterization of the Abrego García deportation as a “distraction” represents a catastrophic failure of moral clarity and constitutional understanding. This isn’t a dis…| Techdirt
The Trump Organization’s online store is now peddling “Trump 2028” hats, t-shirts, and beer koozies.| Rolling Stone
A version of this commentary ran in the Richmond Times-Dispatch last Tuesday as “editor’s pick” and “top story.” When Donald Trump took office, he swore to “preserve, …| The Patron Saint of Superheroes
In this timely book, "Religious Freedom," historian John D. Wilsey addresses urgent questions about religious freedom in America.| EerdWord
Spannaus Publishes Book on American Revolution is a collection of articles illuminating the causes and content of that world historic event.| American System Now
Political cartoonists make their living on visual metaphors. How many different ways can you draw Donald Trump destroying the document he swore an oath to preserve, protect, and defend? Let’s…| The Patron Saint of Superheroes
Since 2009, Colorado regulation and government spending have exploded, and every branch of state government seems to have taken on an authoritarian tinge.| Independence Institute - Think Freedom
Defenses of the president’s policies fall short if defenders don’t consider why he enacts them.| The Dispatch
Freedom of the press is as much for ordinary citizens as journalists, so the law should not discriminate against ordinary citizens.| Independence Institute - Think Freedom
Article II of the United States Constitution plainly states “[t]he executive Power shall be vested in a President of the […]| Broad + Liberty
Trump isn’t the first president to sneer at the Constitution.| The Dispatch
This commentary was submitted by a reader. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Echo Press.| Alexandria Echo Press
In the whirl of President Trump’s first few days back in office he is securing our borders, fully freeing the oil and gas industry to explode with growth and ridding our public institutions of the poisonous Diversity, Inclusion and Equity (DIE) doctrine to name just a few. He has also done something that only a distracted First World nation like ours […]| The Hayride
"To the extent permissible under applicable law, Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance... Each agency must pause: (i) issuance of new awards; (ii) disbursement of Federal funds under all open awards; and (iii) other relevant agency actions that may be implicated by the executive| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
Legal theorist Richard Sherwin discusses the emotional and axiological excess underneath the passion to change constitutions.| Blog of the APA
Article 370 of Indian Constitution is one of the most significant and controversial provisions. It granted Jammu and Kashmir special status within India, giving the region a unique constitutional relationship with the Indian Union. This article has been the subject of political debate and legal scrutiny, especially after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. […]| Law Planet – Legal News, Law Updates & Law Exams Preparation
If I were advising President Trump, here are the recommendations – with the supporting analysis – I would offer to him to Make America Great Again. To achieve this laudable goal, which would secure for him a pre-eminent place in history, a return to the fundamental principles that made America great is needed. As numerous Read moreSource| James Turk Blog
How does Originalism benefit the ‘little guy’?| Rule of Law Education Centre
Before he leaves the Oval Office in January, President Joe Biden wants to see Congress take up reforms of the U.S. Supreme Court.| Washington State Standard
Essay about Presidential immunity, the danger it poses to democracy, and the need for Biden to act decisively to restore rule of law for all.| netsettlement.blogspot.com
“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion,and only one person were of the contrary opinion,Mankind would be no more justifiedIn silencing that one person,Than he, if he had the power,Would be justified in silencing mankind.”-- John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) The world is filled with self-evident truths -- truisms…| The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity
The contemporary American Left is willing to go full scorched earth to win every tactical advantage, without thinking about the long-term consequences of the precedents that their “victories” will establish. This is especially a problem with the lawfare that they have chosen to wage| The American Way of Life
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April 19 marked the anniversary of the American Revolution – specifically, the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The American Declaration of Independence justifies the rebellion by listing “a long train of abuses and usurpations [revealing] a design to reduce [the colonists] under absolute Despotism.” It explains the nature of these various abuses and usurpations as […]| Starting Points
El Salvador is at the end of its first three years with a Legislative Assembly controlled by Nayib Bukele and his Nuevas Ideas (NI) party...| www.elsalvadorperspectives.com
Compared to later federal–provincial agreements, the Canada–Quebec Accord is also the most extensive. Under this Accord, for instance, Quebec has exclusive responsibility for selecting economic immigrants destined for that province – and for the criteria by which they are selected – rather than simply assessing and nominating some of them to address specific labour market and economic needs. Quebec, uniquely, sets the number of economic immigrants it will receive, rather than consulti...| HillNotes
Progressivism “certainly came to dominate the first modern foundations, the universities, journalism, and most other institutions of American intellectual life. But … it nonetheless failed in its effort to change entirely the way everyday American political life plays itself out.”| the Giving Review
(By Gregory E. Maggs, Professor at George Washington University and Former Clerk to Justice Thomas) | Justice Clarence Thomas
Retirement offers many opportunities: sleeping later in the mornings (haven’t figured that one out); learning to paint (not really interested); becoming fluent in a new language (没有); streaming mor…| After Class
adminUncategorisedconstitution What follows are questions and answers regarding The Constitutional Council’s proposals, which were submitted to Althing on the 29th of July, 2012.| Alda
adminUncategorisedconstitution Alda – Association for Sustainability and Democracy handed the following proposals over The Constitutional Council in May 2011. Each proposal is followed by a summary and precedent if available and applicable. There are twelve proposals, and they regard the presidency, election-system, judges, citizen assemblies, corporations, constitutional changes, referendums, direct democracy and more.| Alda
The new home of Brian McGlinchey’s independent journalism is Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey, a Substack newsletter. →→ Visit Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey: Invigoratingly unor…| LibertyMcG