The Constitution's, count them, not one but three references to "Emoluments" within its seven original articles aren't dusty legalisms in the constitutional attic...unless we make them so. Let's dust the words off and look through the broader lens of constitutional meaning.
The word "emolument" may sound old timey, but the principle it ties to ...
Hamilton called it a grand experiment. If you were a late-18th century American, you keenly understood what "experiment" meant. Action--not just words but action--without a certain outcome. No outcomes were certain in the Revolutionary experiment. Replacing a monarch with popular sovereignty? Total experiment. Only recently had an ...
By Bruce Petrie
This week art and law came together in the Supreme Court in a case involving copyrights and cheerleader uniforms. (Varsity Brands vs. Star Athletica)
Copyrights generally can be used to protect artistic expression but not utility or functionality. To use Justice Roberts' example, you can stop someone from putting your ...