Big Spenders Get Worse Every Year: The History of Growth Since 1940
In March of 2018, President Trump signed into law a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill to avoid shutting down the federal government. After signing the 2,200-page bill, the president proclaimed ...
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The Struggle for American Independence: The Intolerable Acts
In this episode, I cover the Intolerable Acts – a series of laws passed by British Parliament in early 1774 to punish the colonies (especially Massachusetts), for the destruction of ...
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Constitutional Interpretation and the Impeachment Power
Last week, I began what I expect to be a series of posts on the constitutional power of impeachment. What is the proper understanding of the Constitution’s standard for impeachment ...
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Independence Day and what it means to all Americans
It is unfortunate that, for many Americans, Independence Day has simply become a holiday known as July 4th, and revolves around a gathering of family and friends with food and ...
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A Future Justice Kavanaugh and Executive Privilege
If a prosecutor one day decided to indict President Donald Trump, a future Justice Brett Kavanaugh might not be the one to stop it. Media reports, like this one over ...
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Saul Cornell’s Unfair Criticism of Originalists and Mike Ramsey
Originalist critic Saul Cornell has written a new blog post attacking originalism. Cornell’s principal claim in this piece is that originalists misunderstand anti-originalist criticisms of originalism and his focus is ...
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Thomas Paine on Natural Law
If you've not had a chance to read Thomas Paine, this essay would be a good first
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A Pox on Both Your Houses, Part II: Anti-Originalist Historians
In my last post, I described how the anti-historical bent of some originalists was undermining their credibility, qua originalists. In this post, I hope to show how the anti-originalist historians, ...
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