William J. Watkins, Jr.

William J. Watkins, Jr.


  • December 12, 2018

    State Bills of Rights Have the Real Protections

    While we are better off for having the first ten amendments to the Constitution, it is intellectually dishonest for the media and our national leaders to pay obeisance to the Bill of Rights. 

  • September 2, 2018

    When Law and Politics Become One

    For the last 60-plus years, the merger of law and politics has slowly killed the spirit of self-government.  

  • July 15, 2018

    Shifting the Roe Burden Back to Schumer

    Roe is a judicial fraud and usurpation. Schumer cannot prove otherwise and should not demand that Kavanaugh join in the constitutional charade of the High Court's abortion jurisprudence. 

  • February 15, 2018

    Jeremy Bentham and the Judges

    Unlike much of his philosophy, Bentham's concerns about unelected and unaccountable officials making law for the people merit close attention.

  • June 3, 2016

    The Dark Side of Brown

    While there is much to applaud about Brown, we would be disingenuous to deny that the wrong lessons have been drawn from the decision.

  • November 18, 2015

    Nullification and the Kentucky Resolution of 1798

    The doctrine of nullification is not new in American history.