Ignore the Court? The Real Checks and Balances in the Founders Constitution
The Constitution is supreme – not acts of Congress, not a presidentโs 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 thatโs the key to what...
Recess Appointments: Forgotten Constitutional Limits from the Founders
Even Alexander Hamilton – no opponent of big, centralized government – held a far more restrictive view of executive power on โrecess appointmentsโ than most politicians and judges today. That tells you just how far things have gone off the rails. In this...
Oath vs Censorship: Jefferson on the Duty to Stop Unconstitutional Laws
An act against the Constitution is no law at all – itโs void. This principle, rooted in the American Revolution and the debates over the Constitutionโs ratification, was central to President Thomas Jeffersonโs response to the Sedition Act of 1798. In this...