โThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.โ
Sixteen years ago I won the Book Award in Constitutional Law at the University of Florida College of Law. By Constitutional Law, I mean U.S. constitutional law as seen through the eyes โ and pens โ of the politically-appointed lawyers sitting on the federal...
(Dedicated to Gabby) A couple weeks ago, I was texting with my daughter, getting caught up on what was going on in our lives, when she mentioned being on grand jury duty. ย The discussion inevitably, with a Tenther for a Dad, went to jury nullification. ย I felt like a...
It seems we have reached a new point of inversion. Are we at a point where references to the Constitution are now censored by the public education system? The curriculum has long been compromised with Constitutional half-truths, but are we now censoring...
Benjamin Franklin said, โEducation is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.โ I think that we can all agree that education is paramount to a successful society and that it would behoove us to create a system that promotes and accelerates. However, how do we...
Last week the Rooney-Blansten amendment requiring the federal Common Core curriculum to devote equal time to Republican presidents was narrowly defeated in the U.S. Senate, despite a RealClearPolitics poll showing 87.8921% of the public supported the idea. Iโm a...
There has been a growing number of states recently looking to pass laws that nullify overreaching federal intrusions on Second Amendment rights with Alabama being one of the latest states looking to protect the natural rights of its citizens. Alabama Senate Bill 43 is...
