Kevin Warsh And The Crime Of Reading The Constitution: A Defense Of The Fed Nominee
Alexander Muse – Consider a simple rule. A homeowner’s association writes a bylaw specifying that ballots for board elections must be received by a particular Tuesday at 5 p.m., signed by the member, and witnessed by one adult. A week before the election, the association’s treasurer, acting alone, announces that ballots will be accepted for three additional days, that signature matching will be relaxed, and that the witness requirement will be treated as advisory.
When the results come in, some members object. They are told their objection is fringe, that the treasurer acted in good faith, that a storm was coming, and that the board ultimately certified the outcome. Were the members unreasonable to believe the election was conducted illegitimately? Continue reading
Tim Hains – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas argued that the principles of the Declaration of Independence should be lived, not treated as abstract, intellectualized theories during a lecture this week at the University of Texas, Austin.
Brooks Agnew – When Democrats’ lawfare failed to keep Donald Trump out of the White House, the party of “democracy” turned to the last available lever of power they possessed to stop Orange Man Bad: the lower judiciary.
Jonathan Turley – “I am very angry.” Those words from Harvard Law Professor Michael Klarman were something of an understatement in our debate at Colgate University last week over whether our country is in a “constitutional crisis.”