National parks, essential? Nonsense. national parks are not even constitutional.
The Constitution does not authorize FedGov to own vast areas of land for wilderness, national forests, national parks, national recreation areas …
Posts under ‘Law’
The Upside-Down Constitution
It strikes me as most strange that, in a government “of the people, by the people and for the people”, as Lincoln described it, the most powerful branch of government is not accountable to the people — or anyone else!
Constitutional Wiggle Room
Exactly how much infringement does “shall not be infringed” permit?
Classical Liberalism Defined
This definition of classical liberalism is from 1873 by England’s Sir William Harcourt, who made the point in a talk at Oxford. Liberty, said Harcourt, “…does not consist in making others do what you think is right. The difference between a free Government and a Government which is not free is principally this — that […]
U.N. Small Arms Treaty
Two items much in the news these days are: 1) The rebels in Syria trying to bring down the dictator, Assad; 2) The U.N. Small Arms Control Treaty. The Syrians rebels (we’re all pulling for them, right?) have been saying for months that they need more weapons, more ammo. They’re having to make their own […]