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Arresting a Judge May. 01, 2025
Last week the FBI arrested a Wisconsin state judge as she was walking into the courthouse where she ... Read More
The Constitutional Question Sep. 30, 2021
There are two questions relating to vaccine mandates that have become dangerously confused. The firs... Read More
Federalism Is Good for Conservative States -- and for Liberal Ones Sep. 29, 2021
Donald Trump's presidency was the era when liberals learned to love federalism. From California to M... Read More
The Feds Can't Compel States to Enforce Restrictions on Guns or Immigrants: The Anti-Commandeering Principle Serves Causes Favored by Both the Right and the Left Jun. 24, 2021
When state and local officials decline to help enforce federal firearm rules they view as unconstitu... Read More
The Feds Can't Compel States to Enforce Restrictions on Guns or Immigrants: The Anti-Commandeering Principle Serves Causes Favored by Both the Right and the Left Jun. 23, 2021
When state and local officials decline to help enforce federal firearm rules they view as unconstitu... Read More
Romney's Family Security Act Redistributes Wealth, Creates Distortions, Grows Government Feb. 11, 2021
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, recently introduced a universal child allowance in an effort to reform fed... Read More
The New Federalism Jan. 28, 2021
The U.S. COVID response has been called "federalism at its best" — treating the states as "lab... Read More
The Newest Federalism Apr. 02, 2020
It's "federalism time" again in Washington. No, don't get your "Federalist Paper No. 10" (my favorit... Read More
Colorado's Paid Leave Proposal Ignores Trade-Offs Aug. 01, 2019
There are no valid free market arguments for a nationwide, one-size-fits-all federal plan to provide... Read More
The Growing Consensus for Legalizing Marijuana Nov. 08, 2018
The United States remains starkly divided between red and blue, with Republicans and Democrats each ... Read More
How Democrats Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Federalism Oct. 24, 2018
In today's polarized political environment, I'm often asked how I think America can come back togeth... Read More
Real Federalists Need to Step Up Jan. 18, 2018
You would think that the Justice Department has better things to do than to restart a federal war on... Read More
Federalism, Anyone? Jan. 11, 2018
For most of the 20th century, "federalism" was the cry of conservatives battling growing federal pow... Read More
California and the President Jul. 06, 2017
Donald Trump has new words for an old song: "California, here I don't come." The president has made ... Read More
Is Secession a Solution to Cultural War? Feb. 24, 2017
As the culture war is about irreconcilable beliefs about God and man, right and wrong, good and evil... Read More
Beware a Beneficent Government Jun. 12, 2014
The president is an ardent progressive. This dastardly philosophy of government was brought into the... Read More
Pot, Poker and Prohibitionism: Do Republicans Want To Be the Party of Unprincipled Killjoys? Apr. 16, 2014
Mike Lee calls for "a new conservative reform agenda" based on "three basic principles," one of whic... Read More
Size of State Governments Not Washington's Business Mar. 11, 2014
We who applaud the boldness of Rep. Dave Camp's tax reform plan need not like everything in it. The ... Read More
The Newest Federalism Feb. 26, 2014
When he came to Washington in 1981, Ronald Reagan made much of his commitment to the "new federalism... Read More
Let 50 Cannabis Flowers Bloom Jan. 29, 2014
President Obama says he opposes marijuana legalization but thinks Colorado and Washington should be ... Read More
