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Constitution 101: Sovereignty (Part II)

Published in Blog on December 30, 2024 by Patrick Bohan

Prout v. Starr (1903) has become one of my favorite cases. It was an obscure Eleventh Amendment case in which Justice George Shiras wrote, “The Constitution of the United States, with the several amendments thereof, must be regarded as one instrument, all of whose provisions are to be deemed of equal validity.”

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Constitution 101: Sovereignty (Part I)

Published in Blog on December 14, 2024 by Patrick Bohan

In Chisholm v. Georgia (1793), SCOTUS regarded the people as the true sovereign. James Wilson wrote one of the majority opinions in the case and wrote, “… my short definition of such a government is--one constructed on this principle, that the supreme power resides in the body of the people.”

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Constitution 101: Originalism versus a Living Constitution (Part I)

Published in Blog on November 22, 2024 by Patrick Bohan

The Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Section II) of the Constitution states, “This Constitution shall be supreme law of the land” and that “judges in every state shall be bound thereby.” In other words, the Constitution makes it clear that judges should interpret the Constitution in its original form. The Supremacy Clause implies any inte...

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The Maryland 400

Published in Blog on August 27, 2024 by Nichole Weakley

The Maryland 400 were asked to sacrifice everything on a land not their own for the mere dream of a new country....We have an obligation as the heirs of liberty to make our own stand, preserving the freedom the citizens of the Revolution fought for.

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