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William J. Watkins Jr.
William J. Watkins, Jr., is a research fellow at the Independent Institute, Oakland, California, and author of “Crossroads for Liberty: Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution.”
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William J. Watkins Jr. | Dec 14, 2025
The Bill of Rights exists to protect the people and the states from an overreaching federal government. Since the 1920s,…
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William J. Watkins Jr. | Sep 23, 2020
The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, on the occasion of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s 10th anniversary on the U.S. Court…
Across the country, state and local officials are taking steps to halt the spread of the coronavirus. The responses testify…
The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review , by Larry D. Kramer (Oxford University Press, 363 pages, $29.95) Reviewed…
The United Nations’ International Court of Justice ( ICJ) recently issued a decision in Avena (Mexico v. United States). According…