Author: Edward J. Erler

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6 minutes

An Absurd Ruling on Birthright Citizenship

The Ninth Circuit flouts the canons of legal reasoning and common sense.

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10 minutes

Harry Jaffa on Lincoln’s Prophetic Statesmanship

Elevating the natural aristocracy above the pseudo-aristocracies.

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18 minutes

Judge Ho, Original Intent, and the Citizenship Clause

Jus soli was not part of the Founders’ social compact understanding of citizenship.

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15 minutes

The Case Against Birthright Citizenship

President-elect Trump is right to see the doctrine as constitutionally dubious.

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10 minutes

The Rise of Ethical Cannibalism

We should have seen this coming!

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6 minutes

The Right of Rights

Without an inherent right to property, republican government crumbles.

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12 minutes

Why They Can’t Make Trump Go Away

Post-mortem of a failed hit.

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12 minutes

How to Think About Harry Jaffa

At the crossroads of reason and revelation stands the American idea.

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6 minutes

Illegal Immigration Destroys Sovereignty

Our ruling classes reject our right to govern ourselves.

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16 minutes

The New Oligarchs Will Not Tolerate Secession

A response to “Rebecca.”

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20 minutes

The United States in Crisis

Excerpted from Edward J. Erler's new book.

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8 minutes

The Riot Party

The Left perfects the mob veto.

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9 minutes

The Riot Party

The Left perfects the mob veto.

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Natural Right Is Not a Narrative

As Harry Jaffa taught, political philosophy and justice are real.

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28 minutes

Founders Keepers

Only justice preserves regimes, not history or tradition.

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6 minutes

Birthright Questions, Founding Answers

The Declaration and the Fourteenth Amendment grasped citizenship through social compact.

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21 minutes

The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment: the Congressional Debate

A reply to Professor John Yoo's and Judge James Ho's case for the original understanding of the 14th Amendment.

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8 minutes

Citizenship, Immigration, and the Nation-State

A reply to the hysterical arguments made by progressive liberals and others who should know better.

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