Ancient Rome and the Constitution
You cannot fully understand the Constitution without knowing how the Founders were affected by the saga of ancient Rome.
The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 8: Cicero (Cont.)
Directly or indirectly, Cicero probably influenced the Constitution as much as any other thinker.
Ideas that Formed the Constitution, Part 7: Cicero
Cicero’s views are reflected in some of the Constitution’s specific provisions.
Time Mag’s Constitutional Baby Babble
Several readers sent me for comment a lengthy cover article in Time Magazine by managing editor Richard Stengel. Stengel’s piece is one result of new public interest in our Constitution and in “first principles”—interest that has forced political liberals (Stengel has been a paid Democratic activist) to think about the document’s real meaning. Previously, of […]
