Essays
Judgment / June 26, 2026
Every election cycle, every cable news segment, every social media firestorm now comes wrapped in the same incantation. Save democracy. Defend democracy...
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Approval voting sounds like common sense. Instead of being forced to pick just one candidate, you can check the box for every candidate you find acceptable...
Here's a question that cuts to the bone of our current political dysfunction: What did the Founders actually fear most when they wrote the impeachment...
The word democracy has become a verbal wrecking ball. Politicians use it to rally their base. Pundits wield it to frame every election as a battle for the...
Let me start with a simple test. Open the Declaration of Independence. Read it. Then open the Constitution of the United States. Read that, too. Not once...
Every few years, some Senate majority gets frustrated and threatens to nuke the filibuster. The cable news circus revs up its predictable debate: either you...
Walk into any debate about federal power, and you will hear the same arguments. Congress can regulate that under the Commerce Clause. The Supreme Court...
For years, I regarded the 25th Amendment as one of those rare, sensible modern improvements to the Constitution-a necessary clarification of what happens...
Here is something almost nobody talks about when they discuss the Constitution: the amendment process itself. We fight endlessly over what the Second...
There are two arguments dominating the debate over mail-in voting, and both of them miss what really matters. The progressive side tells you it is a matter...