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 This essay examines the hypothesis that the federal government and its departments and officials hold...
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...
Dec 15 2022 Publication Federalist Society Review The Meaning of "Regulate Commerce" to the Constitution's Ratifiers Robert G. Natelson I. Previous Scholarship[1] A. Views of “Commerce”: Traditional and “Mega” The Constitution grants Congress power...
Oct 24 2022 Publication State Court Docket Watch State Court Docket Watch: Wisconsin Manufacturers v. Evers Zack Smith In a 4-3 decision by Justice Rebecca Frank Dallet, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that...
Oct 12 2022 Topics Constitution • Supreme Court • Federalism & Separation of Powers Blog Post News What is the Original Meaning of the Indian Commerce Clause? Katie McClendon The Supreme Court will address this important question in this term’s Brackeen v. Haaland. The...
Aug 29 2022 Publication Federalist Society Review The Original Understanding of the Indian Commerce Clause: An Update Robert G. Natelson The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and...
Apr 11 2022 Publication Federalist Society Review Bargaining Rights Gone Wrong: How State Courts Invented a Constitutional Duty to Bargain and How It Harms Individual Workers Alexander T. MacDonald Constitutions often give you the right to do things. They give you the right to...
Sep 20 2021 Podcast FedSoc Forums Deep Dive Episode 198 – Eyes to The Sky: Privacy, Property, Innovation, and Commerce in The Age Of The Drone Matthew Feeney, Gregory S. McNeal, Brent Skorup, Gregory S. Walden Drones are rapidly becoming part of our everyday lives, and society will soon need to...
Topics
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
This essay examines the hypothesis that the federal government and its departments and officials hold...
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...
The Meaning of "Regulate Commerce" to the Constitution's Ratifiers
Robert G. Natelson
I. Previous Scholarship[1] A. Views of “Commerce”: Traditional and “Mega” The Constitution grants Congress power...
State Court Docket Watch: Wisconsin Manufacturers v. Evers
Zack Smith
In a 4-3 decision by Justice Rebecca Frank Dallet, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that...
Topics
What is the Original Meaning of the Indian Commerce Clause?
The Supreme Court will address this important question in this term’s Brackeen v. Haaland. The...
The Original Understanding of the Indian Commerce Clause: An Update
Robert G. Natelson
The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and...
Bargaining Rights Gone Wrong: How State Courts Invented a Constitutional Duty to Bargain and How It Harms Individual Workers
Alexander T. MacDonald
Constitutions often give you the right to do things. They give you the right to...
Deep Dive Episode 198 – Eyes to The Sky: Privacy, Property, Innovation, and Commerce in The Age Of The Drone
Matthew Feeney, Gregory S. McNeal, Brent Skorup, Gregory S. Walden
Drones are rapidly becoming part of our everyday lives, and society will soon need to...