- Colorado solon’s lawsuit claims direct voter initiatives are unconstitutional. Nice try but no go [Ilya Shapiro]
- Gail Heriot and Alison Somin on creative interpretations of the Thirteenth Amendment [Fed Soc]
- Ted Olson’s work on punitive damages provides clue to his approach on originalism [Mike Rappaport]
- Yes, Prof. Seidman, there is an Origination Clause [Shapiro, my related take]
- Justice Roberts and legislative deference [PoL]
- Easterbrook, Barnett and others: video of panel on federalism and federal power [Fed Soc] Constitutional law treatise available free online through Library of Congress [Volokh] New Podcast: Who violates the constitution–statutes or individuals? [Nick Rosenkranz, PoL]
- National Endowment for the Arts uses creative misreading to conjure up a constitutional charter for its existence [Roger Pilon/Cato]
Filed under: constitutional law, Frank Easterbrook, John Roberts
One Comment
The Origination Clause did not seem to matter to Obamacare or Justice Roberts’ explanation that it is a tax. The bill as pasted and signed into law by Obama originated in the Senate.