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Interpreting the U. S. Constitution…What Did the Framers Intend?

With the battle for President Obama’s first nomination of a Supreme Court Justice beginning it seems appropriate to re-post this very important reminder of what the Framers of the U.S. Constitution intended for interpreting the U. S. Constitution. If you really want to understand the debate that will play out over the next number [...]

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The U.S. Constitution Forbids Congress From “Playing Favorites” With Federal Tax Money.

Has the federal government risen above its constitutional right to tax and spend billions of dollars on pork? What argument do we have which puts a seemingly all powerful federal government back in its constitutional place and restores the principle of federalism?
James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, established a concept of [...]

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