Core Constitutional Rights Under Threat From ‘Quasi-Totalitarian Movement’: Constitutional Scholar

By GQ Pan  July 15, 2021

Rob Natelson, a Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, warned of a “quasi-totalitarian movement” that is threatening the core rights enshrined in the Constitution, from the right to be locally governed to freedom of fair and honest elections.

A leading constitutional scholar whose work has been repeatedly cited in the U.S. Supreme Court cases, Natelson told The Epoch Times that the U.S. Consitution created a federal system in which people could govern themselves in their own states and their own families. As the federal government became increasingly centralized, however, Americans have lost control of their ability to govern themselves.

“In a federal system, if someone is unhappy with a policy of his state, he can move to another state. But if the government is unitary, then it’s the same everywhere, and that reduces human freedom,” he said, noting that the recently defeated election bill H.R.1, also known as the For The People Act, would have threatened the states’ freedom to self-govern.

“The U.S. Constitution allows states to govern their state and local elections. It also allows the state legislature to supervise presidential elections as it wishes. It also allows state legislatures to write collection law for members for congressional races,” Natelson explained. “H.R. 1 was trying to nationalize most aspects of national elections. Some of the law is constitutional—although ill-advised. But much of it is unconstitutional.”...........To Read More.....