Great post, and I love the series.

The Alien and Sedition Acts expired in 1801, two years before Marbury was decided. The idea of judicial review was, however, already established in state courts applying state constitutions. Federal coirts had also passed on the constitutionality of federal laws (upholding one law) and state laws. Federalist 78 explicitly recognizes the power of the federal courts to declare a law unconstitutional. There would have been some precedent for a court...

What would the petitioners say if secession were to be made irrevocable? That no matter how much they plead after their "nations" turn into festering underdeveloped (but low tax and regulation!) hell-holes, after the Kenyan islamo-fascist usurper retires, they are still out?

Y'all be careful what you wish for, hear?

I can't help but admire the complete lack of self-awareness when Mr. Hann says that there is "no mean-spiritedness on the part of the Republican Party agenda," especially when it is framed in such a bumbling, inarticulate manner (memo to Mr. Hann: "mean spiritedness," if that is in fact a word, would be a human quality that an "agenda," an incoporeal inanimate thing, cannot possess).

On the other hand, we have the self-portrait in political courage offered by Mr. Howes. He didn't...

Minnesota Majority "identified" 1,099 examples of voter fraud. That proves nothing: special interest groups often throw around wild claims. The National Unicorn Foundation can "identify" 1,099 unicorns frolicking on the streets, but it doesn't prove they exist. Prosecutors--who have to rely on real evidence--showed little interest in the matter, probably because wild accusations are not the same as evidence. Out of 1,099 examples, there were 177 convictions ("awaiting trial" is no help...