Today, the day after oral argument in the Heller case in which we filed an amicus brief, Herb Titus and Bill Olson were asked to write an op-ed piece for USA Today. 

The USA Today editors wrote an editorial entitled "Our View:  Preserve limits on guns" and our counterpoint is entitled "Opposing view:  An unambiguous right." 

Herb Titus article "Oklahoma at 100:  Thanks be to God"  – Tulsa Today (August 5, 2007)

Tulsa Today reprinted an edited version of Herb Titus' article originally published in the August 2007 issue of Perspective, a publication of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.

"The Constitution and the High Court:  The Case for Constitutional Fidelity" (Fall 2006)

A paper by Herb Titus, "The Constitution and the High Court:  The Case for Constitutional Fidelity," was published in the Fall 2006 edition of The Christian Lawyer.  (The paper begins on page 5 of the PDF.)

Paper Demonstrates Threat to Second Amendment Rights Posed by Recent Supreme Court Reliance on International Law (July 2006)

In July, 2006, our firm prepared a paper entitled “Assessing the Threat to Second Amendment Rights Posed by the U.S. Supreme Court's Use of Foreign Law In Constitutional Interpretation”  which was published by Gun Owners Foundation.

The paper critically analyzes two recent Supreme Court cases (Roper v. Simmons, and Lawrence v. Texas) in which the Court has relied on international law to sustain constitutional challenges.  In Roper, the Court overturned a Missouri law permitting capital punishment for 16 and 17 year olds, and in Lawrence, the Court overturned a Texas law prohibiting certain homosexual acts primarily because of foreign authorities.  Additionally, the paper reviews the pros and cons of relying on such foreign sources in other areas.  Recently, the United Nations has been pursuing a goal of eliminating all private ownership of firearms world-wide.

If the Court continues to base its constitutional decisions on foreign law, the American people may find their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms seriously undermined because of trends in countries which have had historic hostility to private firearms ownership and because of the U.N.’s penchant to restrict firearms possession and use to government officials.

Birthright Citizenship Study Re-Released: "Children Born in the United States to Aliens Should Not, by Constitutional Right, Be U.S. Citizens" (December 13, 2005)

A legal analysis of Birthright Citizenship, written by Bill Olson, Herb Titus and Alan Woll, was re-released by U.S. Border Control today. The paper, "Children Born in the United States to Aliens Should Not, by Constitutional Right, Be U.S. Citizens" was originally published in January 2001,and then updated in March 2003. The House of Representatives is expected to be considering legislation on this topic in the near future.

Enhancing Competition By Unbundling the Postal Administration (June 1 – 4, 2005)

Bill Olson has co-authored a paper with postal economist Dr. John Haldi (of Haldi Associates, Inc.) entitled "Enhancing Competition By Unbundling the Postal Administration" which will be presented at the Thirteenth Conference on Postal & Delivery Economics, Antwerp, Belgium, June 1 – 4, 2005. http://crri.rutgers.edu/post/index.html The paper presents a possible solution to a recurrent problem associated with reforming postal administrations.

"Attempts to bring the rigors of competition to postal authorities via de-regulation have stumbled repeatedly over the following dilemma: (i) the Universal Service Obligation ("USO") has powerful political support; (ii)the postal monopoly is asserted to be necessary to assure funding of the USO; and (iii)a fully de-regulated government monopoly is unacceptable. The unbundling model presented in this paper offers a solution to this dilemma. Although scope of the existing monopoly over delivery would not be reduced by this proposal, unbundling the upstream portion of the network would reduce substantially the amount of resources protected by the monopoly, while preserving the USO."

An Evaluation of Postal Service Worksharing: Postal Revenues and Costs from Workshared Activities (June 4-7, 2003)

Postal economist Dr. John Haldi and Bill Olson have co-authored a groundbreaking evaluation of Postal Service Worksharing. Their paper contains the first comprehensive study of revenues and costs of the Postal Service generated from upstream activities. It will be presented in Toledo, Spain in June 4-7, 2003, at the Eleventh "Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics" of the Center for Research in Regulated Industries at Rutgers University. http://crri.rutgers.edu/post/index.html#PAST
An executive summary of the paper is available here.
Their paper comparing revenues and costs draws from draws from two prior papers which they also co-authored which explain the methodology used in greater depth.
Postal Revenues Earned from Workshared Activities
Postal Costs of Workshared Activities

Making a Bad Law Worse (December 1, 2002)

Bill Olson and Mark Fitzgibbons wrote an article entitled "Making a Bad Law Worse New York's Amended Charitable Solicitation Law" published in Philanthropy Monthly, Volume 35, Nos. 1&2.

Protecting Anonymity in Advocacy (August 1, 2002)

Bill Olson and Herb Titus wrote an article entitled "Protecting Anonymity in Advocacy" published in Philanthropy Monthly, Volume 34, Nos. 3&4.

English Requirements for New Citizens (February 28, 2002)

One Nation Indivisible recently published a paper, co-authored by Bill Olson, which reviews the history of the requirement that new citizens speak English as part of the naturalization process.

Campaign Finance Reform Legislation is Unconstitutional (February 13, 2002)

A paper by Herb Titus regarding the unconstitutionality of campaign finance reform legislation was inserted into the Congressional Record by Congressman Ron Paul, who described Herb Titus as "one of America's leading constitutional scholars."

America: Republic or Democracy? (May 25, 2001)

Did our founding fathers intend to create a republic or a democracy? A misunderstanding of the original plan leads to all sorts of other errors, yet presidents, congressmen, and federal judges still view America as a democracy, almost never employing the term republic. Is the principal purpose of government to do the will of the people or to prevent the majority from doing injustice and violence to individuals who may disagree with the majority. The Liberty Committee has published a paper by Herb Titus on this topic of enduring importance.

The Art of Presidential Usurpation (November 2000)

Bill Olson co-authored an article on executive orders, "The Art of Presidential Usurpation," that was published in the November 2000 issue of USA Today magazine.

Executive Orders and National Emergencies: How Presidents Have Come to "Run the Country" by Usurping Legislative Power
by William J. Olson and Alan Woll (October 28, 1999)
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-358es.html

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Rules Hearing of the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process (October 27, 1999):
Testimony of William J. Olson, The Impact of Executive Orders on the Legislative Process: Executive Lawmaking?

Answers of William J. Olson to Questions Submitted to the Subcommittee

Memorandum for the President:
Presidential Powers To Use the U.S. Armed Forces To Control Potential Civilian Disturbances (May 1, 1999)

Abe Lincoln Foundation Issues Bulletin:
A Legal Report: Executive Orders and National Emergencies Presidential Power Grab Nearly Unchecked