Judgment / August 26, 2026
Why Liquid Democracy Will Dissolve the Republic
There is an idea circulating right now that sounds like the purest form of freedom. It is called liquid democracy, and its supporters pitch it as the...
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Budget Reconciliation Is the Quiet Repeal of Constitutional Judgment
Most people never hear about budget reconciliation until a bill is on the edge of passing. That is a shame, because it has become one of the most powerful...
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The Forgotten Word in Inalienable Rights Is Inalienable
We spend an enormous amount of time arguing about what counts as a right and which branch of government gets to define it. But the most radical word in the...
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The Nullification Crisis Wasn’t About Tariffs. It Was About Who Owns the Law.
Most Americans remember the Nullification Crisis, if they remember it at all, as a dusty tax fight before the Civil War. The real lesson is rarely...
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The Real Illiberal Democracy Is the One Calling Itself a Democracy
Most people hear the phrase illiberal democracy and picture a strongman in a distant capital. He wins an election, then starts weakening courts...
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Impeachment Is a Political Judgment, Not a Criminal Trial
The easiest way to misunderstand impeachment is to picture it as a criminal trial that happens to play out in Congress. People demand depositions...
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Marbury v. Madison: The Supreme Court Won by Refusing to Win
Here is what almost everyone gets wrong about Marbury v. Madison. They remember it as the day the Supreme Court grabbed power. In reality, it was the day...
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Stare Decisis Is Not an Amendment Power
Stare decisis - Latin for "to stand by things decided" - has a pleasant, conservative ring. It sounds like humility. It sounds like restraint. But in modern...
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The Case for Judicial Restraint: Judges Are Terrible Central Planners
Most defenses of judicial restraint sound like a plea for timidity. They tell you the courts should defer to the elected branches, stay in their lane, and...
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Anarchy Is Not Liberty: Why a World Without Law Becomes Rule by the Strong
I am not an anarchist. I am a constitutional conservative with strong libertarian instincts, and that is exactly why I reject anarchy. Liberty is not the...