Federalism
This Country is too Big for D.C.
South Dakota is different than New York. Duh, right? So why would we expect New York coronavirus policies to be appropriate for South Dakota? And vice versa, for that matter, too. But when all government flows from Washington D.C., that’s exactly what we get...
The Constitution: A Framework For Decentralizing Toward Liberty
I recently appeared on the Decentralized Revolution podcast to talk about the Constitution as a decentralizing document and nullification as a strategy for liberty. “I think decentralization is the best path forward in terms of creating space for liberty –...
The Constitution is Designed to Deal with the Coronavirus
I taught the U.S. Constitution and Current Events simultaneous at the college level for forty years using the Constitution as written in solving controversies or problems—so well designed was it. Students quickly discovered that there were no issues that could not be...
Quarantine: States, Feds and the Constitutions
A national emergency declaration, and many others on the state and local level too. Looking at the leading constitutionalist views of what can and can’t be done. Path to Liberty: March 18, 2020 PODCAST VERSION...