John Dickinson and Originalism
I hear it all the time. “Originalism” is not only backward, it’s wrong!” By “wrong” the people holding this position point to the nationalists of the founding generation, those who, after the Constitution was ratified, advanced a...
An American Tradition: Constitutionalism
Does an “American tradition exist? And if so, what does it entail? The great Tom Fleming at the Fleming Foundation posted several paragraphs on social media over last several days about tradition. This was a Socratic exercise in finding value to words such as...
Tariffs and the Constitution
Of course, every establishment historian says tariffs were not a major issue in American history. See for example this episode of the Jon Stewart Show where a group of “esteemed” historians ganged up on the Judge. Except they were. Some know it, but when...