Supreme Court (Mostly) Endorses the Unitary Executive
In a brief order in Trump v. Wilcox the Supreme Court (6-3) strongly indicated that the President has constitutional power to dismiss officers exercising significant executive power. From the unsigned opinion: The Government has applied for a stay of orders from the...
Executive Precedent: From President to King
The power of the president has morphed from a restrained executive with limited power to an imperial king wielding nearly unlimited authority — not by coup but through the slow, steady creep of precedent. When talking about precedent, it’s usually in the...
Ignore the Court? The Real Checks and Balances in the Founders Constitution
The Constitution is supreme – not acts of Congress, not a president’s views, and not court opinions. The Framers repeatedly affirmed this. So, who decides when the Constitution is violated? For the Founders, the answer was everyone. And that’s the key to what...