James Finck
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COLUMN: Constitution 101: The Counterfeiting Clause (opens the original)
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In 1981, âSports Illustratedâ published a cover showing $100 bills falling into a basketball hoop. The lead story was about a college basketball point-shaving scandal. The Secret Service warned Time Inc., the magazineâs publisher, that the color reproduction of the money could violate federal laws against photographing and reproducing U.S. currency. Time Inc. challenged the laws in court in what became Regan v. Time Inc. (1984), and argued that the law violated the First Amendmentâs prot
COLUMN: 1856 election demonstrates strengths, weaknesses of our democracy (opens the original)
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On July 16, President Donald Trump addressed the nation to push the SAVE America Act and make our elections safe. In his speech, Trump did not repeat his claim that he won the 2020 election, but he did declassify documents showing Chinese influence in the election and supposed fraud in Michigan. Whether people agree or disagree with those claims, debates over election fraud are not new in the United States. Historically Speaking, similar accusations have been made over the years but no more so t
COLUMN: Wolford v. Lopez rightly arms permit holders, business owners (opens the original)
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Last week, I wrote about the birthright citizenship case, one of several major Supreme Court decisions handed down over the past few weeks. Today, I want to look at what is probably the second most controversial decision, and one surrounded by a great deal of confusion and misinformation. The case, Wolford v. Lopez, concerns whether registered concealed carry permit holders may carry firearms on private property that is open to the public. Opponents claim, by forcing private business owners to a
'From the consent of the governed’ (opens the original)
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Most people think of the Declaration of Independence as the founding of America, but in many ways that is not true. Just because we declared it so, did not make it true. We first had to win a war against the greatest military power in the history of the world. As the king says in the musical Hamilton, âI will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!â If the colonists lost the war, the Declaration would be just a footnote in history. Because of this, I do not believe Thomas Jeff
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