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This early law passed by Congress and signed by George Washington illustrates important principles of local control of militias, and the idea that the militia embodies a lesser threat to liberty than a standing army in part because it is required to consist of the closest forces that can be mustered against rebellion or other dangers. It later sunset, and was superseded by later laws.

The statute that superseded the Militia Act of 1792.

The unfortunately named “Dick Act” supersedes certain aspects of the earlier Militia Acts, demonstrating how the founding principles evolve or adapt a bit to later changes in scale and technology.

Landmark Supreme Court case on protective power.

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James Madison writes on “The Total Number of the House of Representatives,” a timely (for us) commentary on the notion of bringing the retail politics of New Hampshire, with its enormous legislature, to Washington.

The New York Times weighs in on an important but so far little-discussed argument for the United States obeying laws of war that seek to prevent its troops from engaging in morally repugnant behaviors.

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Professor Amar writes in this 2012 book on the constitutional issues surrounding independent agencies.

The Supreme Court rules unanimously that a commissioner on the FTC cannot be fired without cause by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Professor Caleb Nelson writes on unitary executive theory in a recent article mentioned in the oral argument.  It should be noted that Professor Amar does not agree with all the arguments in this article.

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The Supreme Court declined to hear this Incompatibility Clause case because of supposed lack of standing.  Professor Amar begs to differ.

Questions of self-defense are addressed in Article 51 of the Charter.  Herewith, Chapter 7 of the charter, which contains this and related Articles.

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Professor Amar discusses the treason clause in this excerpt from his 2005 book, America’s Constitution: A Biography.

In this excerpt from Chapter 9 of Professor Amar’s book, America’s Unwritten Constitution, a comprehensive discussion of the filibuster from historical and structural points of view.

In “Filibuster Reform Made Simple,” Professor Amar provides more of the details of how the Senate can – and did, in part – remove the filibuster for all or part of the legislative panoply.

This 1996 article from the Virginia Law Review offers insight into the perhaps counterintuitive relationship between the Opinions Clause and Unitary Executive theory.  Good to have on board as we approach oral arguments in the FTC case.

The Harvard Journal of Public Policy published Gordon Wood’s review of Born Equal; it is provided here for your perusal.

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In “Verdict,” a Justia column, Professors Vik Amar and Jason Mazzone explain the “converse-1983” concept, and how this bill implements a Bivens-like framework, albeit perhaps flawed in certain ways.

Here it is again, the now-classic article by Professor Amar early in his career, where he lays out the arguments for how our Federalist system properly structured allows the states to safeguard liberty when the Federal government would violate it, much as the federal government fulfills that role vis-a-vis the states through 42 U.S.C. 1983.

The New York Times provides a pointed and proving analysis of one state’s (NJ) voting in the recent gubernatorial election, and why it may be a quite significant indicator of things to come.