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Necessary and Proper Clause

clause of the US constitution regarding congressional powers
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Mar 17 2025

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Article III and the Canal Zone District Court: What Does the Constitution Require of Territorial Courts?

  • Zack Smith

With President Donald Trump’s pledge to take back the Panama Canal, it’s worth looking back...

Mar 4 2025 Publication
Applying the Founders' Originalism
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Applying the Founders' Originalism

Robert G. Natelson

The 1787 Federal Convention drafted, and the ratifiers approved, the United States Constitution under the...

Topics: Constitution · Founding Era & History · Jurisprudence · Philosophy

Sponsors: Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group

Dec 17 2024

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  • Litigation •
  • Federalism & Separation of Powers
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Court Holds the Corporate Transparency Act Is Unconstitutional: A Victory for Limited Government and the Right to Privacy

  • Devin Watkins

Earlier this month, a federal district court judge issued a preliminary injunction against the enforcement...

Sep 13 2024

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Is the Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional?: Government Appeals a District Court Ruling That Said “Yes,” With More Challenges In Progress

  • John J. Park

On March 1, 2024, Judge Liles Burke in the Northern District of Alabama held in...

Aug 12 2024 Publication
Declaring Independence to Secure Integrity: The Supreme Court Justices' Code of Conduct
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Declaring Independence to Secure Integrity: The Supreme Court Justices' Code of Conduct

Michael S. McGinniss

[T]he judiciary is beyond comparison the weakest of the three departments of power; that it...

Topics: Professional Responsibility & Legal Education · Supreme Court · Federalism & Separation of Powers

Sponsors: Professional Responsibility & Legal Education Practice Group

Feb 1 2024

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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
The False Doctrine of Inherent Sovereign Authority
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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: Federalism · Federalism & Separation of Powers

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Sep 5 2023

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  • Federalism •
  • Fourteenth Amendment
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Yes, Congress Has Constitutional Authority to Protect Unborn Children

  • Robert P. George,
  • Josh Craddock

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, holding that the Constitution...

Aug 17 2023

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  • Constitution •
  • Federalism
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A Federal Gestational Age Abortion Ban is the Wrong (and Unconstitutional) Hill for the Pro-Life Movement to Die On

  • William Hodes

In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, decided in June 2022, the Supreme Court overruled...

Dec 15 2022 Publication
The Meaning of "Regulate Commerce" to the Constitution's Ratifiers
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...

Topics: Constitution · Founding Era & History · Jurisprudence

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