The Word “Actual” in the Constitution
The Word "Actual" in the ConstitutionAs a matter of law, the adjective “actual” was not written into the Constitution in modification of “Service” in...
Delegated Powers are Limited Powers of Government
Delegated powers are, in the nature of things, limited powers. For instance, a grant of “all legislative power” or “all judicial power” is limited...
The General Welfare
The General Welfare with Constitutional Attorney Edwin Vieira Part 1 of 2 (above)The National Heritage Center Presents "The General Welfare" by Constitutional Attorney Edwin...
Rights and the United States Constitution: The Declension from Natural law to Legal Positivism
Georgia Law Review Vol. 13:1447 Other participants in this Symposium have dealt with the issue: of defining rights, describing their source, and delimiting...
The Constitutional Chaos of Industrial Policy
Cato Journal, Vol.4, No. 2 (Fall 1984)Introduction
As its contemporary advocates employ the term, “industrial policy” imports a peculiar form of governmental intervention...
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“Aggregate Powers”
“Aggregate Powers”: Powers Cobbled Together and Exercised by Rogue Government Officials That are Not Enumerated in the ConstitutionTypically, when aspiring usurpers and tyrants cannot rationalize...
“Living” Constitution
As a constitutional rule of construction that cannot be repeated to often, “If *** we are at liberty to give old words new meanings ***...
“Usurpation” and “Tyranny”
"Usurpation"“Usurpation” – the exercise of some otherwise legitimate governmental power as to which the particular actor actor enjoys no legal claim.Source: John Locke, Two Treatises of Government,...
“Gun Control”
"Gun Control"In the pre-constitutional period, had the term been current, “gun control” would have meant, not keeping firearms and ammunition away from as many...
Federal Reserve System: Cartel Structure
The Federal Reserve SystemThe Federal Reserve System is a cartel that controls the United States money supply and redistributes wealth with the blessings of...