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Abolish the Electoral College

22 Oct 2024 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election, constitution law

Since it appears increasingly likely that the winner of the popular vote for president will not win the election, we are already seeing calls to “dump the electoral college.” Predictably, since the Democrat is the candidate who is likely to win the vote but lose the election, these calls are … Continue reading →
Abolish the Electoral College

ELE LUDEMANN: Does reset need a referendum?

17 Nov 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: constitution law

Act wants a referendum to define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. The principles do need redefining and that redefinition will almost certainly result in a reset that reverses a lot of the insertion of the undefined principles in areas which many think have nothing to do with the Treaty. It is 23 years […]
ELE LUDEMANN: Does reset need a referendum?

Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture [NLC 2023]

15 Nov 2023 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: constitution law, free speech, political correctness, regressive left

12 May 2022 Leave a comment

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Abortion rights and the Constitution

31 Oct 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in law and economics Tags: abortion law reform, constitution law

Richard Epstein: “Is the Administrative State Consistent with the Rule of Law?”

22 Jul 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, Richard Epstein Tags: constitution law, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

Judge Posner on judicial self-restraint

02 Jun 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in law and economics, Richard Posner Tags: constitution law

Thomas Eulogy for Scalia

25 May 2021 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in law and economics, politics - USA Tags: constitution law

Religious Liberty Symposium Keynote | Richard Epstein

12 Oct 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, income redistribution, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: constitution law

Richard Epstein on the first amendment

07 Aug 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in law and economics, politics - USA, Richard Epstein Tags: constitution law, free speech

Justice Antonin Scalia’s witty remarks at the Acton Institute’s 7th anniversary dinner

13 Mar 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: constitution law

Antonin Scalia – A Living Constitution

11 Mar 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in law and economics, politics - USA Tags: constitution law

.@Greens karma

15 Jul 2017 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in constitutional political economy, politics - Australia Tags: Australian Greens, constitution law

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