In Defense of Chief Justice Roberts
Zachary Crippen: A defeat for Republicans in the short run; a victory for conservatives in the long run. Zac CrippenZac,…
Constitution
The Decline of ‘We the People’?
Connor Ewing: The American Constitution is no longer the model for aspiring democracies. What are we to make of this?…
Fence Posts and Popular Votes
Connor Ewing: Conservatism begins with a preference for preservation; a willingness to defend the fence posts that uphold the political…
Foreign Policy and the Constitution
Yuval Levin’s constitutional conservatism leaves out one crucial thing: a respect for constitutional procedure. Connor EwingA member of the Humane…
Conflict and Constitution
The Civil War did not settle the relationship between the federal and state governments. Connor EwingA member of the Humane…
A New Originalism: Reading The Constitution As A Text
In contemporary constitutional law, it seems as if any inquiry about where the Constitution falls on a particular point of…
On Fences in Need of No Repair Whatsoever
The system is broken. So they all tell us. Obama won an election on it, but McCain’s rhetoric was similar….
Ted Kennedy and Mixed Government
I didn’t plan on writing anything today, but sometimes one just finds something worth sharing – especially when one reads…
Patrick Deneen and the modernist flaws of the Founders
Patrick Deneen recently posted his argument that the Framers of the U.S. Constitution designed a regime predicated on problematic modernist…