


The source of federal power to stop illegal immigration
Believe it or not, over 230 years after the Constitution was adopted, law professors and judges still argue over whether the Constitution gives Congress power to control immigration—and, if it does, the clause of the Constitution that grants that power. The dispute is...
Why overturning Roe v. Wade causes so much rage
To understand the rage over the Supreme Court’s long-overdue abandonment of Roe v. Wade (pdf), you have to think how political operatives do. It’s not how the rest of us think. To the rest of us, whatever our position on legalized abortion, the anger at the court’s...
The Supreme Court’s American Hospital case: A View of the DC Swamp
Critics of federal administrative agencies won a small victory in the Supreme Court on Jun. 15 with the justices’ unanimous decision in American Hospital Association v. Becerra (pdf). Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion for the court offers, perhaps inadvertently, some...