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NRO: Not Outrageous, Inaccurate
Now nearly one week later, nothing needs to be added about Sandy Hook. But for those who haven’t followed, National Review yesterday...
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Dec 20, 20121 min read


What Does Broccoli Have to Do With Health Care? A Commerce Clause Justification
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s so-called individual...
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Dec 20, 20128 min read


Under the Radar Lies the Deadliest Gun Loophole
Before I say anything about guns, or politics, or the NRA, or anything, I have to ask you to take a moment and think about what happened...
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Dec 16, 20126 min read


SNAP – It’s not just about the vegetables.
This week, Newark Mayor Cory Booker is doing something that millions of people have done before – he is living on a food stamp budget. Of...
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Dec 5, 20122 min read


Who’s Next? (No, Not The Who’s Fifth Studio Album.)
Hello, readers! Just in case you’ve forgotten, the disaster formerly known as Election 2012 is now over, and President Barack Obama has...
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Dec 5, 20124 min read


Didn’t We Already Declare the Affordable Care Act Constitutional?!
Welcome back, readers! For those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope your holiday was swell. Mine was marred by the sudden onset of...
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Nov 28, 20124 min read


Adultery, David Petraeus, and Impeachment: Get Over It Already
Happy “Week after the Presidential Election,” readers! I hope you’ve been productive—Washington, D.C. sure has. The scandal regarding...
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Nov 14, 20125 min read


Koppelman’s “Slimy” Constitution
In my last article, I explained that certain provisions of the Constitution that are broad in nature must not be arbitrarily narrowed as...
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Nov 8, 20122 min read


Checks and Balances Aren’t a New Concept—Just Ask Polybius!
In a daring move that completely ignores the results of the election that just happened last night, I’m going to talk some more about...
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Nov 7, 20125 min read


What’s the Deal with DOMA (and the Supreme Court)?
On October 18, a federal appeals court in Manhattan (the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals) struck down in a 2-1 decision the 1996...
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Oct 31, 20125 min read


Historical Seriousness and the Bill of Rights Pt. 3
In my last article, Historical Seriousness and the Bill of Rights pt. 2, I explained the problem of selective historical reliance with a...
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Oct 13, 20123 min read


Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin: You Need to Follow This Case
We interrupt your regularly scheduled “Lena Rants About Something” Wednesday column to bring you important news—in a few hours, the...
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Oct 10, 20124 min read


Free (Big) Bird
Mitt Romney emerged from last week’s debate the undisputed champion and the owner of a substantial bounce in the polls, but he was almost...
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Oct 8, 20123 min read


Re-Link: Redistricting: Something’s Gotta Give
As Hans von Spakovsky explains very well in the SCOTUSblog article “Online VRA symposium: The constitutionality of Section 5 comes to the...
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Oct 4, 20122 min read


People Kill People, But the Guns Matter Too
Last Wednesday, the New York Times ran an opinion article by Theresa Brown entitled “The Human Cost of the Second Amendment.” In her...
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Oct 3, 20124 min read


Re-Link: NPR on South Carolina’s Voter ID Law
If these voting laws aren’t overturned, polling places could be much emptier than this one in November’s election. Image courtesy of...
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Sep 27, 20121 min read


Justice Antonin Scalia: Definitely Not a Champion of Gay Rights
In SCOTUSblog’s recent article, “Same-sex marriage symposium: Justice Scalia’s constitutional case for gay marriage,” author Dale...
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Sep 26, 20125 min read


Chief Justice Roberts, 5-4 Decisions, and the Future of the Supreme Court
Many Americans’ first exposure to Chief Justice John Roberts was in January 2009 when he made a mistake reading the Oath of Office to...
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Sep 19, 20124 min read


Think Quick: The Constitution’s 225th Anniversary
As Constitution Daily announced eight months ago, 2012 marks the 225th anniversary of the United States Constitution, which was signed...
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Sep 17, 20122 min read
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