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• The Economist ─ the Anti-Federalist Paper

  
  Grahnlaw — Authority: 437
  The year is 1787 and Charlemagne , the delegate from Rhode Island – overlooked by the history books – returns to his island state after the closure of the Philadelphia Convention, where the framers of the US Constitution have replaced the decade old Articles of Confederation (1777), subject to ratification by ...
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• Interesting Questions…And A Few Answers

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 138
  This post at Reality Check about the TEA Party movement asks a couple of great questions about the movement. Permit me to give a couple answers to these questions: Unless we are able to foresee this limitation of the Tea Party movement and take concrete measures to prevent it we will see the passion and ...
  18 hours ago

• Rep. Susan Lynns Reteaching of our Basic American Principles

  
  Truman's Take — Authority: 500
  A must read basic civics lesson on our nations foundational principles that once were taught in 9th grade in our public schools, but the current public education system is omitting due to the politically correct white washing or should I say mud-raking, of American History and its formation. Basic American ...
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• If Beijing gets gassy, Central Asia may get friendly

  
  neweurasia.net — Authority: 477
  Photograph by Flickr user Jackanapes (CC-usage). Editor’s note: As the new year approaches, neweurasia debates whether an economically and politically unified Central Asia makes sense (much less if it’s even possible).  neweurasia’s Annasoltan discusses whether the new pipeline to China will bring the ...
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• Marxism and Liberalism are the same for Central Asia

  
  neweurasia.net — Authority: 477
  Image by Flickr user Bret Polok (CC-usage). Editor’s note: As the new year approaches, neweurasia debates whether an economically and politically unified Central Asia makes sense (much less if it’s even possible).  Liberalism and regionalism will fail Central Asia just as Marxism did, argues neweurasia’s ...
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• Does Congress Have the Authority to Enact a Health Insurance Mandate Using its Power to Tax?

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 781
  Most defenses of the constitutionality of the health insurance mandate rely on Congress’ powers under the Commerce Clause, an approach I criticized here . Some, however, also claim that Congress has the power to enact it under the Tax and Spending Clause (e.g. — Jack Balkin ), which gives Congress the power to ...
  5 days ago

• Are there Areas of Consensus Among Constitutional Law Scholars?

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 781
  Orin’s follow-up to my post arguing that there is no expert consensus on the constitutionality of the health care mandate suggests that there are virtually no real areas of consensus among constitutional law scholars, and that “you can pretty much always find someone to say a controversial law is ...
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• The Myth of an Expert Consensus on the Constitutionality of an Individual Mandate

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 781
  In an important recent speech , Senator Max Baucus claims that there is a broad consensus among legal scholars (that the individual mandate is constitutional. He claims that “those who study constitutional law as a line of work have drawn th[e] same conclusion” as congressional Democrats. Similar assertions have ...
  6 days ago

• Will States Challenge the “Nebraska Compromise”?

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 781
  The AP reports several state attorneys general are looking into potential legal challenges to the health care bill (assuming it passes). The top prosecutors in seven states are probing the constitutionality of a political deal that cut a funding break for Nebraska in order to pass a federal health care reform ...
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• Would a United States of Central Asia be good for us?

  
  neweurasia.net — Authority: 477
  Image by neweurasias Schwartz (CC-usage). Editor’s note: As the new year approaches, neweurasia debates whether an economically and politically unified Central Asia makes sense (much less if it’s even possible). H.B. Paksoy (D. Phil., Oxford University) explores the possibility of applying a federal model ...
  6 days ago

• What Is The U.S. Constitution?

  
  Tenth Amendment Center — Authority: 608
  by Timothy Baldwin After my latest article, Our Dead Constitution , was released, I received much response, many from those who understood and agreed, and some by those who were opposed to my statement, “Our constitution is dead.” This leads me to reasonably believe that many of us need to be educated about ...
  1 week ago

• "Every senator uses whatever leverage they have to help their states. That’s the way it has been. That’s the way it will always be."

  
  Althouse — Authority: 719
  David Axelrod expects us to deal with the nasty aspects of American federalism. Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming... Did your state win?
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• The Real Enemy of Freedom

  
  novatownhall blog — Authority: 498
  This is the face of the true enemy of freedom in this country. The Democrats have decided that any semblance of debate regarding the facts of any topic is too much trouble. Instead rank name calling is the order of the day. There was a time when this sort of thing was done by activists in order to rabble rouse. ...
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• The Federalist

  
  Authspot — Authority: 520
  The Federalist went to the MTV Movie Awards But then sang on a music chord He did not win Best Original Song So then he cried and said so long He ate pizza alone Soon the pizza gave him diarahea and he let out a groan He died that day Nobody wanted to say hey This guy’s name was Avhik Waka Baby
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• Would Chicago Gun Rights Case Destroy Federalism?

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 165
  For the Family Research Council, Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski warned in a Washington Times op ed that a case on gun rights that will soon come before the Supreme Court could “ trigger the unhinging of American culture .” Not only do I think the pair went too far in their claim, I also think they missed several ...
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• The State of Higher Education: Who Was Montesquieu?

  
  Big Government — Authority: 817
  Every once in a while one gets an insight into the sad state of higher education in the United States. Back in 2008, when my agent was attempting to market the manuscript of what recently appeared in two companion volumes under the titles Montesquieu and the Logic of Liberty: War, Religion, Commerce, Climate, ...
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• Agorism: The Libertarian Answer to Marxism

  
  Federalist — Authority: 99
  There is an interesting subset of libertarian ideology that goes by the name of “ agorism ” and which juxtaposes itself with Marxism: Where Marxism opposes the Capitalist classes who acquire power and wealth through free commerce, Agorism opposes the Political classes who acquire power and wealth through political ...
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• Its a Bird! Its a Plane! Its Superfederalist!

  
  The Debate Link — Authority: 525
  The compromise the Senate finally hammered out on Stupaks language was that states can impose the Stupak rules on their own exchanges, but the rules will not be imposed by the federal legislation (apparently, somehow, there will be at least one plan per state guaranteed to have abortion coverage). But David ...
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• A Federalist Christmas

  
  Anchor Rising — Authority: 144
  My monthly column in the current Rhode Island Catholic reviews the Commerce Clause, government spending, and the Fourteenth Amendment as contributors to trends that are transforming Christmas into a private affair: The underlying assumption that an atheist should feel as at home as an orthodox Roman Catholic in ...
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• Education entrepreneurs, just another interest group at the federal trough?

  
  Flypaper — Authority: 600
  What else to make of the announcement that the 2010 NewSchools Venture Fund annual summit will once again be held in Washington, DC, just as in 2008? I felt better about the education innovation crowd when it met every year in Silicon Valley. -Mike Petrilli
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