Category Archives: Constitutional law

Politics is plumbing

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

By Peter E. Feltman As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan and Iraq, what can we hope for? Plenty! But plenty of what? Perhaps we should forget the earlier exhortations about liberty, constitutions and nation building and concentrate on a … Continue reading →

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The Amash Alternative: Balanced Budget Amendment Blues

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

By Anthony W. Hawks Among the 18-plus competing balanced budget amendments (BBA) now vying for the House Republican leadership’s endorsement is H.J. Res. 81, sponsored by first-term congressman and Tea Party favorite, Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI). What makes this proposal unusual … Continue reading →

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CONCONCON 2011, RENT-SEEKING, AND RENT-TRAWLING

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

By Anthony W. Hawks The recent “Conference on the Constitutional Convention” (www.conconcon.org) at Harvard Law School began a civil and, I hope, fruitful dialogue among liberals, conservatives, and libertarians on the need and potential for an Article V convention to … Continue reading →

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ARTICLE V NEWS

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

By Anthony W. Hawks When I began this blog in June I wondered whether there would be enough Article V-related topics to sustain it. Fortunately, the summer gave us the debt ceiling debate, which provided a steady flow of commentary … Continue reading →

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THE NEXT DEBT CEILING AND BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT DEBATES: DOING THEM RIGHT. MAKING THEM REAL – Part 5 (To Govern Is To Choose)

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

By Anthony W. Hawks This is the last in a series of posts about the recent debt ceiling debate. Although the national debt limit is a statute and not a constitutional requirement, I have tried to show in earlier posts … Continue reading →

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