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Can Executive Order Restrict Liberty?0
- July/August 2001
- July 1, 2001
Some have the opinion that the War and Emergency Powers Act is an extra constitutional decree that enables a president to bypass Congress when needed, and employ whatever measures are deemed appropriate. Yes, some radical fringe groups have made misleading statements about executive orders from time to time, and the Internet is abuzz with much
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The Riddle of Liberty 0
- July/August 2001
- July 1, 2001
Here
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Original Intent – Editorial 0
- July/August 2001
- July 1, 2001
To be sure, there is great security in constitutional interpretation that is based on a close textual analysis. And Justice Scalia has been labeled a textualist, even if he himself seems to prefer the original intent approach to divining constitutional meaning. He is clearly on to something in analyzing history for constitutional clues. For, as
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Beware the Wrecking Crew 0
- July/August 2001
- July 1, 2001
In 1990 the High Court took a wrecking ball to the free exercise clause. Now it
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Good Idea?0
- July/August 2001
- July 1, 2001
Back before he became president, George W. Bush used to tell us that
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Good News Club 0
- September/October 2001
- May 1, 2001
When a local New York branch of the Good News Club asked to meet at Milford Central School after hours, the group didn
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