Essays
Judgment / October 12, 2026
Most Americans know the first abuse of the Commerce Clause. Congress has stretched the words "commerce among the several States" to regulate wheat grown for...
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There is a part of American emergency government that almost no one talks about, and it matters more than any single declaration a president will ever make...
Most budget debates are television. The real decision is made in a table that almost no one outside the Appropriations Committee ever reads. It is called...
Here is a fact that should unsettle anyone who cares about the separation of powers: Congress already possesses the constitutional authority to arrest and...
If you want to understand what has gone wrong with American government, don't start with the latest poll. Start with a single sentence from Article I...
Ask most Americans why Congress has two chambers, and you'll get an answer about compromise. Big states and small states. Population and geography. It's the...
Here is a tax rule that forces a person to hand over money on income he never received. It is not some strange penalty buried in a foreign legal code. It is...
Every year, the most revealing part of the State of the Union is not what the president says. It is the ritual that follows within seconds: the live...
There is a strange consensus in American politics. Republicans and Democrats fight over tax rates, border enforcement, and school curricula, but on one...
The first time I heard a member of Congress talk about filing a White House tour request for a constituent, I barely registered it. It sounded like the most...