Constitution
Introduction to “The Business of May Next”: The Convention of 1787
In May 1787, our Founding Fathers undertook a “grand experiment” to construct a constitution that would avoid contracting the various diseases that destroyed...
U.S. Supreme Court: Above and Beyond the Reach of Congress?
In his letter refusing to testify in Congress about Supreme Court ethics, Chief Justice John Roberts demonstrates his attitude that his branch of...
Read moreSouth Dakota Senator Exposes COS Deceit and Fake Petitions Including From His Own Wife
In this exclusive interview with The New American, Senator David Johnson (R-33), a South Dakota legislator and officer in the US Air Force and...
Read moreResolutions to Rescind Con-Con Applications Introduced in Alabama
The bills' sponsors rightly note that "the powers delegated by the Constitution of 1787 to the federal government are few and defined, and...
Read moreConvention of States Letter Full of Contradictions
This week, this writer received a fundraising letter from the Convention of States (COS) organization, signed by its president, Mark Meckler — a...
Read morePublius-Huldah: A Thorn in the side of COS
In today’s spotlight is legal scholar Joanna Martin, popularly known under her pseudonym Publius-Huldah. For decades she has been a tireless defender of...
Read moreSCOTUS to Revisit “Chevron Deference”
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review lower courts’ rulings enabling federal observers to ride along on fishermen’s boats to make...
Read morePro-Constitutional Convention NGO Plays Dirty as Birchers Mount Victories
The push for an Article V Constitutional Convention to amend the Constitution — or a Con-Con — is the attempt to con well-meaning, patriotic...
Read moreU.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde: Restoring Virtue and Fiscal Responsibility on Capitol Hill
Republican Congressman Andrew Clyde of Georgia has earned an enviable 90 percent score on the Freedom Index, which is The New American’s congressional...
Read moreWhy We Don’t Need Term Limits
Once again, the Convention of States organization is calling for a Constitutional Convention to get a term-limit amendment added to the U.S. Constitution....
Read moreResolution Affirming State Nullification Introduced in Louisiana
A resolution affirming “the sovereign right of Louisiana to nullify unconstitutional acts of the federal government” has been introduced in the Louisiana state...
Read moreIowa Legislator Exposes COS Dirty Tactics for Constitutional Convention
In an exclusive interview with The New American, state Representative Helena Hayes (R-Iowa) relays her personal story about how a Convention of States (COS)...
Read more“Secret” Purpose of the Second Amendment: Protect Slavery?
Such is the ridiculous claim made by Carl Bogus in his newly published book "Madison’s Militia: The Hidden History of the Second Amendment."...
Read moreFederal Court Orders Kentucky Governor to Pay Legal Fees for Churchgoers Who Violated His Lockdown Orders
The court took note of the fact that Beshear publicly targeted churches while allowing secular exceptions to his dictate. ...
Read moreTrump Indictment Threatens Constitutional Rule of Law: Dershowitz
The nonsensical indictment of top Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump threatens the very foundations of America’s Constitution and the rule of law, warned...
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