Originalism, Nonoriginalism and Venezuela
From an originalist perspective, I think itโs 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 lengthย here, the Constitution allocates to Congress โ and by implication...
He Could Have Been King. Watch What He Did Instead.
January 8, 1790: George Washington delivered the first State of the Union. It wasn’t a royal decree. It was a job report. No applause. No guests. Just the shortest annual message in history. He could have acted like a king. Instead, he called for an armed,...
A Trumpian Headache
President Donald Trump’s use of the U.S. military to kill persons on speed boats in international waters, or in territorial waters claimed by other sovereign nations โ all 1,500 miles from the U.S. โ has posed grave issues of due process. The...