Category Archives: U.S. Constitution

The Declaration, the Constitution, and Equality

Posted on October 31, 2014 by richardbaldwin

“With respect to equality one should not understand the word to mean that the degrees of power and wealth are absolutely identical . . . but that no citizen should be rich enough to buy another and none so poor … Continue reading →

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CHARLES L. BLACK: A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM: HUMAN RIGHTS, NAMED AND UNNAMED.

Posted on December 30, 2010 by richardbaldwin

A friend just brought this 1997 book to my attention. Charles Black was a professor of constitutional law at Yale for much of the last half of the twentieth century. This small book presents for general readers his arguments for … Continue reading →

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Originalism and the Declaration of Independence

Posted on October 20, 2010 by richardbaldwin

For years we have been subjected to claims that the Supreme Court should always discern the “original intent” of the framers. The absurdity of the idea has been pointed out many times but to little effect, largely because no intellectually … Continue reading →

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