Many Democrats are hot to remake the Supreme Court. But it’s the lifetime judicial appointment that just kept Donald Trump from meddling with the midterms.
Alexander Hamilton
Posted inHigher Education
America 250: Our Revolutionary Era Colleges Were Hotbeds of … Royalism
“Hamilton” aside, America’s first colleges like Harvard, Yale, and William & Mary bred more faithful subjects of the crown than revolutionaries.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Congressional Republicans Could End Trump’s Madness
The Founders designed our democracy with a failsafe against would-be despots: impeachment.
Posted inNovember/December 2023
How the Founders Overcame Partisan Dysfunction
At the dawn of the republic, ideological divisions and personal hatreds were, if anything, worse than they are today. The nation survived because its warring leaders compromised.
Posted inPolitics
The Trickle-Down Supreme Court
Now, plenty of appellate and district courts are acting like the Supremes—blowing up precedents and embracing slipshod legal theories.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court Will Consider Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Be Afraid.
A challenge to the EPA’s regulation gives the right wing an opportunity to limit Congress’s capacity to authorize regulatory programs.
Posted inLaw and Justice, Political Animal
What the Founders Would Have Done with Trump
An originalist case for trying, convicting and disqualifying a president after he or she leaves office.
Posted inPolitical Animal
What Alexander Hamilton Would Want
His vision is at odds with how most electors vote.
