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Dave specializes on topics related to the United States Constitution, founding principles, and American history...
Review of Thomas Jefferson: Revolutionary
Kevin Gutzman offers a fresh look at the famous statesman, described as “a revolutionary who effected radical change in a growing country.” Although often described as an American political enigma, whose image is claimed by almost everyone, Gutzman’s new exposition does much to sort fact from faction. Additionally, it brilliantly impresses a Jeffersonian imagine upon the minds of its audience.
Antonin Scalia and the Incorporation Doctrine
Scalia was no “originalist” in the technical sense. This can be determined categorically due to his adherence to the incorporation doctrine, the mythical notion that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporated the first Eight Amendments as limitations against the state governments.
REAL ID: The Case For State Resistance
Despite efforts to make it palatable, REAL ID is a real threat to privacy, the feds won’t likely follow through on their threats, and most significantly, it is constitutionally unwarranted.
Slavery and the Electoral College: A Misguided Assumption
To come to Amar’s deductions on the Electoral College, one must actively ignore the entire breadth of the Philadelphia Convention debates and a battery of other contradictory evidence.
The Battle Over the First National Bank and Its Constitutional Implications
What does a political battle waged over a bank in 1791 mean for Americans living in 2016? Quite a lot, it turns out.
Federally Administered Districts: The Original Intent
Territories and states are distinctly different entities, and the federal government was not intended to have the same regulatory power over regions within states themselves.