Six Must Read Sources from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
By: Michael Boldin Most people today have little to no familiarity with any of the principles that influenced the founders. Below, you’ll find 6 important resources hand-picked by Thomas Jefferson and ...
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Those Smearing SCOTUS Are The Biggest Threat To American ‘Democracy’
BY: DAVID HARSANYI Destroying trust in the court opens the floodgates for government abuse and destabilizes the nation in unprecedented ways. The other day, Chris Murphy was on MSNBC with ...
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The Upside-Down Constitution and Its Critics
by Michael S. Greve In revisiting The Upside-Down Constitution ten years after I put that baby to bed, I am violating time-honored principles of sensible authorial conduct. One, as a great Dane ...
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The Original Meaning of “High Crimes and Misdemeanors,” Part I
by Michael Stokes Paulsen I am in the midst of a series on the constitutional power of impeachment. A quick review: My first post set forth my core thesis – ...
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The Ratification-Era Understanding of “High Crimes and Misdemeanors”
by Michael Stokes Paulsen Yesterday, I set forth Alexander Hamilton’s treatment of the scope of the constitutional power of impeachment in The Federalist: the broad range of offenses embraced by ...
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Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, and the Power of Impeachment
by Michael Stokes Paulsen In my most recent posts, I set forth the evidence from English legal history and from the records of the Constitutional Convention supporting a broad understanding ...
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The Truth About the Federalist Papers: Conclusions
By: Shawn Brodof The Federalist Papers were written and published in New York newspapers in 1787-1788 in order to sway public opinion to approve and ratify the newly devised United ...
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