It appears the court was trying to update the statute. But updating federal statutes is not the job of appointed-for-life judges. It is a job for democratically-elected members of Congress.| Independence Institute - Think Freedom
The latest edition responds to new controversies surrounding an old document. The post “The Original Constitution”—Long-Awaited 4th Edition Arrives! first appeared on Independence Institute. The post “The Original Constitution”—Long-Awaited 4th Edition Arrives! appeared first on Independence Institute.| Independence Institute
Making up new ways to interpret the Constitution is unfaithful to the document. If the Founders had known people would do that, they would have written it differently. The post Defending the Founders’ Interpretation of the Constitution first appeared on Independence Institute. The post Defending the Founders’ Interpretation of the Constitution appeared first on Independence Institute.| Independence Institute
Eighteenth Century social history helps us understand why the Constitution was written as it was. The post Insights into the Constitution from English Social History first appeared on Independence Institute. The post Insights into the Constitution from English Social History appeared first on Independence Institute.| Independence Institute
Although some judges and other writers have been confused about direct and indirect taxes, when the Constitution was adopted the definitions were, as John Marshall said, "clearly understood." The post The Constitutional Line on Direct Taxes first appeared on Independence Institute. The post The Constitutional Line on Direct Taxes appeared first on Independence Institute.| Independence Institute
