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They should be struck down as violations of a natural right. The right that lincoln understood as the right to free labor. The right that was, of course, at the core of the slavery crisis. It is the unenumerated but surely implied constitutional right to economic liberty. Laws survive and proliferate today because courts have long since, since the new deal stopped doing their duty to defend this economic liberty against the rent seeking enemies. In a sense, the problem began in louisiana 16 year...

That the party disputing the acts constitution bears the heavy burden of demonstrating the acts unconstitutionality beyond a reasonable doubt. The contrary principle that i will call judicial engagement is that the judiciarys principle duty is the defense of liberty and that the government, when challenged, bears the burden of demonstrating that its action is in conformity with the constitutions architecture, the purpose of which is to protect liberty. The federal government can dispatch this bu...

NEW ORLEANS — I recently revisited the city of New Orleans, 45 years after receiving my last academic degree from Tulane University. In my first report, I wrote about the opera Blue that we attended there, as well as a visit to the Laura Plantation a few miles up the Mississippi River.

230 shares Senator-elect Jon Ossoff speaks during a campaign rally, December 21, 2020 in Columbus, Georgia. (AP Photo/Ben Gray) JTA — Jon Ossoff, a Jewish 33-year-old former executive of a documentary film company, has done what seemed nearly impossible just a few years ago: won a Senate election as a Democrat in formerly deep-red Georgia. Along with his fellow Democratic Senate winner, Rev. Raphael Warnock, the pair has flipped control of the US Senate. Ossoff’s young age and relativ...

(JTA) — This year we celebrated Passover early, on a Sunday a few days before St. Patrick’s Day. My adult children will disperse before the official holiday, but with the darkest days of the pandemic behind us, we have much to celebrate.

Six quick takeaways from the Georgia Senate runoffs so far By James Pindell Globe Staff,Updated January 6, 2021, 7:56 a.m. Email to a Friend Canvassers listen to Democrat Raphael Warnock in Marietta, Ga., Tuesday.Kevin D. Liles/For the Washington Post As you slept Tuesday night, the results from the pair of Georgia Senate runoffs came into sharp focus, with one Democrat a declared winner and the other leading in a too-close-to-call race. The ultimate results here could have serious implications...

Jon Ossoff, a Jewish 33-year-old former executive of a documentary film company, has likely done what seemed nearly impossible just a few years ago: won a Senate election as a Democrat in formerly deep-red Georgia. Along with his fellow Democratic Senate winner, Rev. Raphael Warnock, the pair has flipped control of the U.S. Senate. While networks have not yet called the race, Ossoff leads in the polls and Georgia’s top elections official said he does not anticipate any changes Ossoff’s youn...