17th Amendment: Did it Destroy the Structure of the Constitution?
When the framers designed the Senate, they envisioned it as a safeguard for the states, with a key component being state legislatures choosing two senators instead of the people at large. But in 1913, the 17th Amendment removed this critical part of the system. In...
Executive Branch: President, not a King (Federalist Arguments)
American presidents act almost like elected kings, with vast powers and very little accountability. But that wasnโt the plan. Responding to anti-federalist warnings that presidents would eventually degenerate into a type of monarchy, Federalists like Tench Coxe, John...
Forgotten Founder Tench Coxe: Ignored Federalist Papers
Almost totally ignored today, Tench Coxe was famous at the time of the Founding. And his essays of โA Pennsylvanianโ in support of the Constitution were actually far more widely read and influential during the debates over ratification than todayโs far more famous...