A Presumption of Liberty
This squib goes hand-in-hand with my two earlier posts that made the case for an annual Article V state convention, here and here, to defeat both an out control administrative… Read more »
Tag: Scotus
Toward an Annual Article V State Amendments Convention (II)
Subtitle: Who Shall Determine our Rights? In Part I, I examined how and why an Annual Article V State Amendments Convention should become a regular feature of the American governing… Read more »
Where the Presumption of Liberty?
Should I be charged with a felony, I know that as an American I am presumed innocent. This presumption of innocence means I will remain in possession of my God-given… Read more »
James Madison’s Council of Revision and Modern Judicial Review
While our Constitution famously set up a government of divided powers, the powers within each branch are not absolute. Each is subject to various checks from the others. Congress is… Read more »
Just Enforce the Constitution We Have
A contingent among those who oppose an Article V state convention to propose Constitutional amendments declare that all that need be done is just enforce the Constitution we have. Well,… Read more »
Scotus’ Unconstitutional Lawmaking and Article V
Article V Blog – April 3rd 2016. It is no secret that American courts have wandered far outside the business of adjudicating. Every summer, the nation holds its breath in… Read more »
Rationalized Plunder – Scotus and the General Welfare
Article V Blog – April 2nd 2016. A little known scotus decision from 1937 set the stage for our accelerating slide into national bankruptcy. In Helvering v. Davis, an intimidated… Read more »
Forgotten Republicanism
Not long ago, I watched a few minutes of a Georgetown Law School confab on the last Supreme Court session. It made me angry. What I took away reinforced my belief that… Read more »