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The Privilege or Immunities Clause, Originalism, and Gender Equality

May 24, 2017 · by · in Constitutional Law, Democracy, Economic Liberty, federalism, Feminism, Judiciary, Scholarship, Uncategorized

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States . . . . U.S. Const., amend. XIV In 1873, in The Slaughter-House Cases and Bradwell v. Illinois, the Supreme Court took a sledgehammer to the idea that the Privileges or Immunities Clause of […]

Judge Gorsuch on the Ninth Amendment: “I think it means what it says.”

April 4, 2017 · by · in Judiciary, Legislative Branch, Reform, Scholarship · 2 Comments

Senator Sasse has never ceases to impress me – his impressive knowledge of law (despite not being a lawyer himself), his deep understanding and love for philosophy and political theory, or his principled resistance to partisanship are among the many reasons I hope this guy continues doing what he does. He’s done it again by […]