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Letter: McCulloch v. Maryland allowed abuse of federal power
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI take issue with Dr. Pfister's treatment of the "Great case of McCulloch v. Maryland" (Sept. 25,...
Flexibility: Great case of McCulloch v. Maryland
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMy thesis is that Chief Justice John Marshall went beyond implied power in McCulloch v. Maryland to give Congress a choice of means; that “necessary” was...
James Pfister: State sovereignty and illegal immigration
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn our system of federalism, States have sovereignty, or the power to govern — how much power is the...
‘Reading the Constitution’ Review: The Pragmatic Stephen Breyer
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoBOOKSHELF In the 1980s, after two decades of judicial activism, Antonin Scalia and a small band of...
James Pfister: Saving our federal democracy
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIt would be unfortunate if a state or two could determine a presidential election by voter suppression. Such would truncate the relationship between the...
Pfister: Legality of student loan reduction
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn February 2023, in Biden v. Nebraska, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument and decide whether the president, by and through his secretary of...