The Constitution of the United States has endured for over two centuries. It remains the object of reverence for nearly all Americans and an object of admiration by peoples around the world. William ...

In Neil Gorsuch’s recent confirmation hearings, the Supreme Court nominee’s past legal work and judicial opinions weren’t the only subjects under discussion. Senators also wanted to hear his views on ...

Brief Observations: A Review of Obamacare Briefs and the Original Meaning of the Constitution March 19, 2012 20 min read Download Report Nathaniel Stewart F.M. Kirby Research Fellow in National ...

Last week came and went with minimal acknowledgement of one of the most important days in the world’s history — Constitution Day. The Constitutional Convention convened in May 1787. Debate crawled ...

Via Open To Debate-- Originalism is a way of interpreting the Constitution. In the past, the legal theory referred to framer’s intent, but the contemporary, prevailing view of originalism is that it ...

September 17, 2017 is the 230th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, which has given us the very freedoms we take for granted. It was written, “In order to form a more perfect union, ...

Originalism teaches only that the Constitution’s original meaning is fixed; meanwhile, of course, new applications of that meaning will arise with new developments and new technologies. Consider a few ...

The Supreme Court nominee was asked her views on interpreting the meaning of the Constitution in her second day of confirmation hearings. In the very first question put to her in Day 2 of her Supreme ...

In honor of Constitution Day we pose the question: Which part of the Constitution governs the use of laser pointers? It sounds like a dumb question, since the Constitution predated the laser by 171 ...