Essays
Judgment / June 24, 2026
There is a curious inversion happening in American constitutional law, one that would have baffled James Madison and infuriated Thomas Jefferson. The...
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The Founders gave us an independent judiciary for one reason: to protect individual liberty. They had watched English kings use compliant judges to crush...
There is an idea that has been circulating through the corridors of academic political science for decades, slowly seeping into the editorials of...
There is a dirty little secret in Washington that reveals more about the collapse of our constitutional order than almost any single piece of legislation. I...
Every four years, the same ritual plays out. A presidential candidate loses the Electoral College while winning the popular vote, and the calls to abolish...
Every election cycle, the same ritual plays out. Educated voices columnists, professors, reform advocates declare that America's first-past-the-post...
Let me say something that will make both sides uncomfortable: the modern confirmation hearing process is an unconstitutional, extra-legal abomination that...
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...