The Tennessee General Assembly. Come for the bills. Stay for the debates on constitutional law and jurisprudence. A hearing on Tuesday on a bill filed by state Sen. Mae Beavers to combat federal gun legislation turned into a lengthy debate over the Marshall court, mid-19th century tariff policy, the Nullification Crisis of 1832 and the [...]
The Tennessee General Assembly. Come for the bills. Stay for the debates on constitutional law and jurisprudence. A hearing on Tuesday on a bill filed by state Sen. Mae Beavers to combat federal gun legislation turned into a lengthy debate over the Marshall court, mid-19th century tariff policy, the Nullification Crisis of 1832 and the [...]
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from those supporting an amendment to the Kansas Constitution regarding school finance.
While many believe that judges should not “legislate from the bench,” the reality is that lawmaking is a judicial function. In a democracy, lawmakers should be elected under the principle of “one person, one vote.” But Kansas, which uses the Missouri Plan for judicial selection to its two highest courts, violates this principle.
While candidates for judge usually campaign as being “above politics,” as someone who will apply the law impartially without regard to personal beliefs and convictions, the reality is that judges make law. Voters need to recognize this judicial function as they decide their votes.
President Franklin Roosevelt proposed an expansive set of rights, many of which have become law and policy.
By Nathan Tucker Two-hundred and twenty-five years ago Monday, the Constitutional Convention meeting in Philadelphia signed the Constitution and submitted it to the states for ratification. It went into effect on June 21, 1788 when New Hampshire became the ninth state to approve it. Though it is the world’s oldest national constitution, it can only [...]