A Republic, Not a Democracy? Initiative, Referendum, and the Constitution’s Guarantee Clause
September 30th, 2010 by Independence Institute
Constitution Studies
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- A Republic, Not a Democracy? Initiative, Referendum, and the Constitution’s Guarantee Clause
- Federal Land Retention and the Constitution’s Property Clause: The Original Understanding
- Judicial Review of Special Interest Spending: The General welfare Clause and the Fiduciary Law of the Founders
- Paper Money and the Original Understanding of the Coinage Clause
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- The Agency Law Origins of the Necessary and Proper Clause
- The Constitution and the Public Trust
- The Enumerated Powers of States
- The Founders’ Hermeneutic: The Real Original Understanding of Original Intent
- The General Welfare Clause and the Public Trust: An Essay in Original Understanding
- The Government as Fiduciary: Lessons from the Reign of the Emperor Trajan
- The Legal Meaning of “Commerce” in the Commerce Clause
- The Original Meaning of the Constitution’s “Executive Vesting Clause” – Evidence from Eighteenth-Century Drafting Practice
- The Original Meaning of the Establishment Clause
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