“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
It’s time to walk the walk. Right now, the Constitution is treated as little more than an optional guide – at best. Or toilet paper. In this episode, learn the top-5 most crucial steps an oath-keeping president should take to radically protect and defend the...
American presidents act almost like elected kings, with vast powers and very little accountability. But that wasn’t the plan. Responding to anti-federalist warnings that presidents would eventually degenerate into a type of monarchy, Federalists like Tench Coxe, John...
I think maybe they are. On its face, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau looks modest. The Court (per Chief Justice Roberts, joined by Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh) declined to extend the rule...
Can the president simply shut down Congress on a whim? Some people think he has this power. As one commenter put it in a Facebook post, “Article 2 Section 3 during extraordinary circumstances the president can send Congress away.” This demonstrates how...
If nothing else, the impeachment proceedings have encouraged us to think about some interesting hypotheticals. Here are a few: 1. Can former Presidents be impeached? Leading originalist-oriented blogger Keith Whittington says yes. But I am not so sure. The...
At the Daily Caller, Steven Calabresi (Northwestern): House Democrats Violate The 6th Amendment By Denying Trump A Public Trial. The “public trial” point has been a bit overtaken by events as the House process is now public, but the essential claim...