Constitution
This Isn’t a Presidency. It’s a Throne.
The executive, James Madison warned, is the branch of power most interested in and prone to war. Empowering it to both declare and wage war, not only guarantees endless war, itโs a ROYAL power the founders fought to free themselves from. Thatโs why a free people must...
This isn’t Defense. It’s the Constitution Betrayed.
He wanted a president for life – the ultimate big-government founder. Yet Alexander Hamilton’s position on war powers makes every modern president look like theyโve completely betrayed the constitution. The standard they buried. Original sources. Direct...
Originalism, Nonoriginalism and Venezuela
From an originalist perspective, I think itโs clear that President Trump did not have the constitutional power to take the actions he took against the Maduro government in Venezuela. As argued at lengthย here, the Constitution allocates to Congress โ and by implication...
The Myth of Unlimited Federal Supremacy
The supremacy clause โexpressly limits this supremacy to laws made pursuant to the Constitution.โ Even Alexander Hamilton understood this. And he was as big of a fan of centralized national power as you could find among the founders. But today, almost all the...