Incorporation Doctrine
How SCOTUS perverted the equal protection clause of Sec. 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment
1. Harvard Professor Raoul Bergerโs meticulously documented book,ย Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment,ย provesย by means ofย thousands of quotes from the Congressional Debates, thatย the purpose of Sec. 1 ofย the 14thย Amendment was to...
We shouldn’t call them “First Amendment” protests.
“First Amendment” protests have popped up around the United States in recent weeks, spurred by the heavy handed State and local policies designed to save us from the Chinese Virus. You can’t go anywhere, even to the park in some locations, because...Today in History: 14th Amendment Ratified. Or Was it?
Today in 1868, the United States general government claimed that the 14th Amendment had received the endorsement of the requisite number of states to add it to the Constitution. Notwithstanding the contention that the 14th Amendment was not properly ratified (I share...
Federal courts get everything wrong. Again.
Another day, another federal judge or judges make a mess of federalism and the original Constitution. Should we expect any less in 2019? I have long said the Constitution has been dead since 1789, but even if we could argue that it survived into the twentieth century,...