Essays
Judgment / October 15, 2026
There is a one-line provision hiding in nearly every major spending bill that has more raw constitutional force than most executive orders, regulations, and...
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The second most powerful person in Washington holds a job that appears exactly zero times in the Constitution. I am not talking about a White House staffer...
The Federal Election Commission recently issued an advisory opinion that has been treated as a narrow compliance story. A candidate may accept...
Every central planner fails for the same reason Friedrich Hayek identified decades ago: the knowledge required to allocate resources never exists in one...
Most conversations about Electoral Count Act reform begin with the wrong question. They ask how many members of Congress should have to object before a...
There is a group on Capitol Hill called the Problem Solvers Caucus, and its name is a masterstroke of political branding. It tells you two things before you...
Before a bill reaches the House floor, the fight is usually framed as left versus right. But the more important fight is often procedural: Will any member...
Most Americans have never heard of the appeal of the chair. Most members of Congress treat it as a dead letter. That is exactly why it matters more than...
There is a moment in every election cycle when the real power in a congressional district changes hands, and it rarely happens at the ballot box. It happens...
Washington loves to congratulate itself for having rules. The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 is one of those rules. It says new mandatory spending and...