Thursday · Freedom Notes
Freedom Notes
One constitutional idea, briefly. Each note runs 350 to 600 words, cites the text or the holding it relies on, and ends with a single lawful step a reader can take that week.
Week 1 · Freedom Note
The Habit of Remembering
A right you cannot describe is a right you cannot defend.
· 3 min read
Read the noteWeek 2 · Freedom Note
The Cost of a Permit
How the First Amendment treats fees, licenses, and the paperwork of assembly.
· 3 min read
Read the noteWeek 3 · Freedom Note
What "Well Regulated" Meant
Reading the Second Amendment's opening clause in its own century.
· 3 min read
Read the noteWeek 4 · Freedom Note
Your Papers Are Now a Server
The Fourth Amendment was written about houses. Most of your life is stored elsewhere.
· 3 min read
Read the noteWeek 5 · Freedom Note
The Difference Between Charged and Guilty
Four words that keep public argument honest: allegation, indictment, verdict, finding.
· 3 min read
Read the noteWeek 6 · Freedom Note
Excessive: A Word With Legal Teeth
Bail, fines, and forfeiture are limited by a single comparative word.
· 3 min read
Read the noteWeek 7 · Freedom Note
Rights Retained by the People
Why the Ninth Amendment is a rule of reading, not a list.
· 3 min read
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