Essays
Judgment / June 22, 2026
Let me say something that will make both sides uncomfortable: the modern confirmation hearing process is an unconstitutional, extra-legal abomination that...
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The conventional history is already written. On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down Shelby County v. Holder, and within hours the familiar chorus...
The Roman Republic fell not because its enemies were too strong, but because its citizens forgot that liberty requires law. Not just any law. Written law...
We have been told that expanding absentee and mail-in voting is about making voting easier. It is framed as a simple matter of convenience, progress, even...
Every few years, Washington lurches toward a funding deadline, and the predictable panic sets in. Cable news runs breathless countdown clocks. Politicians...
There is a phrase that gets thrown around so often in conservative circles that most people have stopped thinking about what it actually means: "states'...
There is a well-worn phrase that should haunt every policymaker who ever felt the warm glow of a well-intentioned law. The road to serfdom is paved with...
Pull up the official organization chart of the executive branch of the United States government. Go ahead, do it right now. What you will find is a massive...
Pull up the official organization chart of the executive branch. Go ahead. Google it. What you are looking at is not a diagram of a constitutional republic...
When Americans hear checks and balances, they reflexively think of the three branches of the federal government: Congress checks the President, the...