I was raised in a Democratic household, by a Truman Democrat father and a Kennedy Democrat mother. Dad was active in the party. I collected ballot signatures as a kid. Bobby Kennedy was practically canonized in my house, and the…
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The ability to have free trade in goods and services helps more than it hurts. Those negatively affected must be helped to transition, but the world is a better place when goods and services, instead of weapons and soldiers, cross…
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After 8 years of aggressive policy moves by both the Bush and Obama administrations, little has fundamentally changed in the economic life of the average American.  We are no longer looking at a collapse of the banking system, but underemployment,…
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On this Constuitution Day weekend, one of the timeless components that has allowed the United States Constitution to survive for over 225 years has been the design elements that help prevent self-dealing and reduce overt temptation. John Rawls (1921-2002), an…
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While there is an argument that the normative “should” questions of the law create an interesting approach to legal thinking, there are many areas, particularly in constitutional law, where the positive analysis of what the Constitution says and the interpretation…
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I agree. International cooperation is foundational for peace and global prosperity. Openness doesn’t mean losing sovereignty, but it does mean collaboration, cooperation and a recognition that we are all interconnected by technology, a global economy, and a common humanity. “They…
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Being a Constitutionalist means that sometimes the results are not what you like, but are what the constitution requires.  In the case of the FBI investigation of Hillary Clinton, there have been calls of a cover up, a politically motivated…
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A great observation by the Washington Policy Center’s Jason Mercier…especially for our judges and justices. Jason Mercier July 20 at 1:53pm · With McCleary in the news, interesting concurrence from Justice Thomas in this 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/93-1823.ZC1.html…
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