The Study Corner
Green Mountain Nullification
I seem to have stumbled onto a pattern as I find another story about a state pushing back on the overreach of the federal government. Today we go to Vermont to see their legislature re-asserting their authority over intrastate commerce.
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Kisor v. Wilkie and Agency Deference
I came across this supreme Court case where a Marine veteran is fighting with the VA about benefits for his PTSD. While the details may seem a little hard to follow, there is one very important question that Mr. Kisor wants the court to answer: When there is ambiguity in a law that Congress writes,…
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“Show Me” Nullification – Part 2
The State of Missouri is on a nullification roll. While this second example of the state taking back control from the federal government is not on as firm constitutional grounds as the previous one I reviewed, I still like a state reminding us that they are sovereign. Not to mention reminding Washington who created them…
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“Show Me” Nullification
The “Show Me” state has shown us an excellent example of state nullification. Missouri House Bill 1039 and its companion Missouri Senate Bill 367, known as the” Second Amendment Preservation Act”, are more than just a stand for the Second Amendment, but for the idea of state sovereignty. In the language of these bills we…
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H.R. 5 Imposing InEquality through the Equality Act
In an excellent example of bad assumptions make bad laws, the Equality Act will codify prejudice, discrimination, and inequality, making things worse rather than better. Sadly, but not surprisingly, in today’s society there are quite a few representatives that have signed on to this legislation. Let’s face it, nowadays legislation that claims to support the…
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If You Don’t Get Your Way, Just Change The Rules
In what passes for statesmanship in America today, we’re going to take a look at several examples of some in government who want to get their way by hook or by crook. These efforts are not for your benefit, but to further accumulate power in Washington, D.C. But when a long train of abuses and…
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Stealing your Healthcare
In the most recent attempt to turn us from a republic into a socialist nation, Bernie Sanders and others are proposing legislation to create “a Medicare-for-all national health insurance program“. There has been a lot of talk about the political, economic, and logistic realities of such a proposal, but not very much about the constitutionality…
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Who “Owns” Your Children?
I came across two news stories last week about vaccinations. While the political and medical discussion around vaccinations is outside the scope of what we do here at The Constitution Study, there is an underlying viewpoint we should look at.
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