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Healing through Bipartisan Electoral College Reform
Originally posted on The Federalist Society Blog The Electoral College, as outlined in Article II of the Constitution and the Twelfth Amendment, was designed by the Founders to prevent “tumult and disorder” in presidential elections, as well as “cabal, intrigue, and...
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The Reindeer Rule: Lynch and Allegheny Explained
(Originally posted on The Federalist Society Blog) Rudolph, on this holiday, won't you save the town display? In Lynch v. Donnelly (1984), the Supreme Court upheld a city’s Nativity scene, or “creche,” against an Establishment Clause challenge. Five years...
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Do Progressive Income Taxes Violate the Equal Protection Clause?
There are currently seven federal income tax brackets from 10% to 37%; the more you earn, the more you pay. Is that constitutional? Many assume that the progressive income tax was created by the Sixteenth Amendment, a popular target for repeal among advocates for a...
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Do Term Limits Make a Difference?
Originally posted on The Federalist Society Blog According to Gallup in 2013 and Rasmussen in 2016, about 75% of voters support congressional term limits. But would they make a difference? Let’s look at how they have affected the presidency to get an idea of how they...
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Does 17-Year-Old Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse Have a Viable Case for Self-Defense?
After two fatal shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, a 17-year-old Illinois resident named Kyle Rittenhouse has been charged with several crimes, including two counts of homicide, one of attempted homicide, and one misdemeanor charge for possessing an...
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The Best and Worst Strategies for the Top Presidential Tickets: Trump/Pence vs. Biden/Harris
One of the nice things about not having a horse in the presidential race is that it grants me greater objectivity in evaluating what’s working and what’s not. But until recently, it was difficult to perform much election analysis without knowing the major variable of...
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What Vegans Teach Us about Abortion
Today, my goal is not to convince you to agree with me but to foster understanding. Too often, good people acting in good faith are vilified because they hold some view we find incorrect, illogical, or even immoral. The radical Left has increasingly shrunk the Overton...
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The Left Won’t Let Us Come Together on Race (Even When the Right Wants To)
According to numerous reports, many Atlanta police officers are walking off the job following the Fulton County District Attorney’s felony murder charge against Officer Garret Rolfe, who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot on Friday night. While...
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The Irony of Common Good Conservatism’s Clash with Quarantine
Dear Matt Walsh, Josh Hammer, Michael Knowles, and the rest of the “Common Good” Conservatism delegation, You made your bed, now lie in it. Several months ago, warring tribes of conservatism continued their battle over the proper use of government force, this time by...
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