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Richard Epstein: The Reid Bill Is Blatantly Unconstitutional

By DCT | January 14, 2010

By Andrew McCarthy at National Review Online on December 23, 2009 - better late than never!
At PointOfLaw.com, the distinguished University of Chicago constitutional scholar Richard Epstein provides a painstaking, withering analysis of the healthcare legislation wending its way through the Senate. He concludes that it is clearly unconstitutional. The essay is lengthy and, in [...]

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President Obama and Constitutional Government - Part 1

By DCT | January 23, 2009

Edwin Meese III, the 75th Attorney General of the United States, writes in an essay entitled, “The Meaning of the Constitution,” that “Part of the reason for the Constitution’s enduring strength is that it is the complement of the Declaration of Independence.  The Declaration provided the philosophical basis for a government that exercises legitimate power [...]

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