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Faith, Freedom, and the First Amendment: The Guarantee of Religious Liberty Thomas Berg

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Commerce, Commerce, Everywhere: The Uses and Abuses of the Commerce Clause David F Forte

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An Individual Right Rekindled Andrew M. Grossman

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