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Category: The Odd Clauses
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By Jay Wexler By all accounts, it would seem that when hearings begin this month on Neil Gorsuch’s appointment to the Supreme Court, the American people will once again be subjected to a charade. Democratic Senators will ask probing questions of the nominee, seeking to understand his approach to constitutional interpretation, and Judge Gorsuch will…
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By Jay Wexler | As someone who has written a book about the “odd clauses” of the Constitution, I always find it exciting when some weird and heretofore unnoticed clause starts grabbing some of the nation’s headlines. This time it’s the so-called Emoluments Clause of Article I, Section 9 (I think it should be called…
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Jay Wexler ponders the enormity of until-now-hidden humor of the famously stoic justice.
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Today marks the 78th anniversary of the end of Prohibition. In honor of this historic date, read about the 21st Amendment in this freebie chapter from The Odd Clauses. Bonus: act out the Granholm v Heald play with your friends and fulfill your dreams of playing Justice Scalia. Listen to Anita Hill talk about Reimagining Equality, and she…
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Jay Wexler explains the Original Jurisdiction Clause, what a Special Master is, and how the states have fared in court cases against each other.
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Michael Bronski was named one of the Out100 by Out Magazine. (Be sure to check out the full spread–some amazing photos!) Gender Outlaw Kate Bornstein, whose memoir will be published by Beacon Press in 2012, weighs in on a tricky question at the Never-Safe-For-Work Savage Love. Wondering about the Letters of Marque clause? Jay Wexler talks about the Odd…
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What Constitutional Odd Clauses apply to the Occupy Wall Street movement?
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Today is Constitution Day (observed). Constitution Day is really celebrated on September 17th, but we can’t be trusted to acknowledge the document that grants us our rights and freedoms on a Saturday, can we?
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Jay Wexler clears up pressing Constitutional issues in Cars 2–that is, if Constitution applied to cars.
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