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Two years ago, peaceful, law-abiding gun owners across the country became felons overnight, thanks to the Trump administration's ban on bump stocks. But as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit recognized last week, Congress alone has the authority to define new federal crimes, while the president and his underlings are charged with enforcing those laws. Combining both powers in a single branch is a license for tyranny -- a danger the framers tried to avoid by carefully separating the legislative and executive functions. Regardless of their views on gun control, Americans who care about the rule of...

Some of my more liberal friends have expressed displeasure with certain columns I've written -- one going so far as to accuse me of becoming Phyllis Schlafly, the conservative woman who became famous in Illinois years back due to her staunch opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment. I told him that he was wrong, that I am still in favor of the ERA being passed someday, that I went to both of my children's graduations (unlike Schlafly, the pro-family conservative who missed her daughter's), and that I still love him, despite the fact he suffers from an affliction that causes...