Current Events
Let’s Not Forget What Madison Said About War
Amidst soaring gasoline prices and significant economic damage for the American people arising from President Trump’s war on Iran, we must never forget the most important factor in America’s never-ending foreign wars: the destruction of our liberty here at home. In...
Founding Felons: Jefferson Would Be on a Watch List Today
Everything this nation once stood for is being turned on its head. We are being asked—no, told—to believe that the greatest threat to America today is not government overreach, endless war, corruption, surveillance, or the steady erosion of constitutional rights. No,...
Free Speech for Me But Not For Thee
Last week, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission threatened to rescind the broadcast licenses of media entities that do not relate events in Iran or Ukraine as the Trump administration would like them to be related. He also attacked The Wall Street...
Originalism, Nonoriginalism and Venezuela
From an originalist perspective, I think it’s 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 length here, the Constitution allocates to Congress — and by implication...