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The People Speak May. 26, 2020
"We the people" is the phrase that comes trippingly to mind. We the people, over Memorial Day weeken... Read More
What If the Government Has It Wrong? May. 21, 2020
What if the government has it wrong — on the medicine and the law? What if face masks can't st... Read More
A Nation of Sheep May. 14, 2020
"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there ... Read More
The Coronavirus Protesters' False Notions of Freedom May. 14, 2020
The people who have rallied in Chicago and elsewhere to protest stay-at-home orders and business shu... Read More
Will SCOTUS Revoke Its License for Police Abuse? This Week the Justices Are Considering 13 Petitions Involving the Pernicious Doctrine of Qualified Immunity May. 13, 2020
Based on an erroneous report of a "domestic assault," police officers came to rescue Melanie Kelsay ... Read More
Do We Still Have a Constitution? May. 07, 2020
I have been taking some heat from friends and colleagues for my steadfast defense of personal libert... Read More
Voting by Mail Protects Democracy and Public Health May. 07, 2020
If I were a fan of the coronavirus, here's what I'd like to see this fall: crowds of Americans stand... Read More
'The Bill of Rights Is Above My Pay Grade' Apr. 23, 2020
The loss of liberty is at hand. Every day in America, mayors and governors — not one of whom i... Read More
Death in Slow Motion Apr. 16, 2020
During the past month, as Americans have been terrified of the coronavirus, another demon has been l... Read More
Even in a Pandemic, 'Constitutional Rights Still Exist': A Federal Judge Defends Religious Freedom by Blocking a Misguided Ban on Drive-In Easter Services Apr. 15, 2020
The celebration of Easter this week was conspicuously constrained by government policies aimed at li... Read More
Don't Let Democrats Federalize Elections Apr. 10, 2020
I'm sorry, but you have no constitutional "right" to vote by mail. You have no constitutional "right... Read More
I Want My Teacher to Get Fired Apr. 04, 2020
DR. WALLACE: I'm a 15-year-old girl, and one of my teachers calls all of the girls in my class "dear... Read More
An Unnecessary Coronavirus Victim: The Right to Travel Apr. 02, 2020
For Chicagoans who need to go to Texas, there is bad news. You can do it, but anyone flying from Chi... Read More
Taking Rights Seriously Apr. 02, 2020
"If the provisions of the Constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, t... Read More
Will COVID-19 Kill the Constitution? Politicians and the Public Are Alarmingly Willing to Violate Civil Liberties in the Name of Fighting the Epidemic Apr. 01, 2020
The great American jurist St. George Tucker, writing at the beginning of the 19th century, called th... Read More
Beware a Government of Fear Mar. 26, 2020
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither L... Read More
Freedom in a Time of Madness Mar. 19, 2020
"The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, ... Read More
Can the Government Restrict Travel to Protect Public Health? Mar. 12, 2020
The issue of whether government in America can quarantine persons against their will, ostensibly for... Read More
Mike Lee and George Washington Are Right About the War Power Mar. 11, 2020
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has adopted in the 21st Century the same interpretation of the Constitution's ... Read More
Repeal the Patriot Act Mar. 05, 2020
I have been writing for years about the dangers to human freedom that come from government mass surv... Read More
