Feb 1 2024 Topics Founding Era & History • Federalism & Separation of Powers Blog Post The Meaning of “Regulate Commerce” to the Constitution’s Ratifiers: An Update Robert G. Natelson Constitutional Background The constitutional justification for much of the federal regulatory and administrative apparatus rests...
Oct 20 2023 Publication Federalist Society Review The False Doctrine of Inherent Sovereign Authority Robert G. Natelson Federalist Society Review, Volume 24 This essay examines the hypothesis that the federal government and its departments and officials hold...
Jul 3 2023 Topics First Amendment • Free Speech & Election Law Blog Post News With an Originalist Understanding of the First Amendment, the 303 Creative Case Would Have Been Much Easier Robert G. Natelson On the last day of its recent term, the Supreme Court decided 303 Creative v....
Jun 30 2023 Topics Constitution • Federalism • Supreme Court • Environmental Law & Property Rights Blog Post News Tyler v. Hennepin County: Why This Seemingly Innocent Decision is Disquieting Robert G. Natelson A Supreme Court ruling, like many other things, may not be quite what it seems....
Jun 27 2023 Topics Constitution • Supreme Court • Environmental Law & Property Rights Blog Post Arizona v. Navajo Nation: SCOTUS Zags Back Robert G. Natelson Indian law, including Indian constitutional law, is famously chaotic. With the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision...
Jun 21 2023 Topics Constitution • Supreme Court • Federalism & Separation of Powers Blog Post News The Supreme Court’s Confused Decision in Haaland v. Brackeen Robert G. Natelson On June 15, the Supreme Court issued Haaland v. Brackeen. Among other issues, the Court...
Mar 6 2023 Video Short Videos Can Congress Regulate Indian Child Placement? [Briefly: The FedSoc Review] Robert G. Natelson What is the extent of Congress’s power over Indian affairs? The Supreme Court is considering...
Dec 15 2022 Publication Federalist Society Review The Meaning of "Regulate Commerce" to the Constitution's Ratifiers Robert G. Natelson Federalist Society Review, Volume 23 I. Previous Scholarship[1] A. Views of “Commerce”: Traditional and “Mega” The Constitution grants Congress power...
Aug 29 2022 Publication Federalist Society Review The Original Understanding of the Indian Commerce Clause: An Update Robert G. Natelson Federalist Society Review, Volume 23 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and...
Feb 22 2021 Topics Constitution Blog Post News How to Research the Constitutionality of Impeaching Former Presidents Robert G. Natelson Recently I’ve pivoted from 38 years of writing books and law review articles to spending...
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The Meaning of “Regulate Commerce” to the Constitution’s Ratifiers: An Update
Constitutional Background The constitutional justification for much of the federal regulatory and administrative apparatus rests...
The False Doctrine of Inherent Sovereign Authority
Robert G. Natelson
Federalist Society Review, Volume 24
This essay examines the hypothesis that the federal government and its departments and officials hold...
Topics
With an Originalist Understanding of the First Amendment, the 303 Creative Case Would Have Been Much Easier
On the last day of its recent term, the Supreme Court decided 303 Creative v....
Topics
Tyler v. Hennepin County: Why This Seemingly Innocent Decision is Disquieting
A Supreme Court ruling, like many other things, may not be quite what it seems....
Topics
Arizona v. Navajo Nation: SCOTUS Zags Back
Indian law, including Indian constitutional law, is famously chaotic. With the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision...
Topics
The Supreme Court’s Confused Decision in Haaland v. Brackeen
On June 15, the Supreme Court issued Haaland v. Brackeen. Among other issues, the Court...
Can Congress Regulate Indian Child Placement? [Briefly: The FedSoc Review]
Robert G. Natelson
What is the extent of Congress’s power over Indian affairs? The Supreme Court is considering...
The Meaning of "Regulate Commerce" to the Constitution's Ratifiers
Robert G. Natelson
Federalist Society Review, Volume 23
I. Previous Scholarship[1] A. Views of “Commerce”: Traditional and “Mega” The Constitution grants Congress power...
The Original Understanding of the Indian Commerce Clause: An Update
Robert G. Natelson
Federalist Society Review, Volume 23
The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and...
Topics
How to Research the Constitutionality of Impeaching Former Presidents
Recently I’ve pivoted from 38 years of writing books and law review articles to spending...