Preserving the rule of law sometimes requires judicial intervention to prevent government overreaching. This essay first appeared in Law & Liberty on February 23, 2022 (here). Thanks to Power Line, Instapundit (here), the SE Texas Record (here), Real Clear Policy (here), Cafe Hayek (here), an…
Month: February 2022
Trouble in Paradise? (Part 12)
In Blount County, the 21-member County Commission often resembles the inept Keystone Kops. County Mayor Ed Mitchell always seems to get what he wants—a taxpayer-subsidized Amazon warehouse in Alcoa he risibly described as a “Super Bowl win” for the community, for example—not because he is…
Deconstructing Originalism: Does the Written Constitution Matter?
Opponents of originalism claim that it ignores the existence of an “unwritten” Constitution. This contention is nothing more than an unconvincing reformulation of the discredited notion of a “living Constitution.” This essay first appeared in Law & Liberty on February 7, 2022 (…