May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
Locke’s writings contained many specific observations realized in the Constitution
READ MOREThe most important lesson the Founders learned from Tacitus was that power corrupts.
READ MOREIn drafting the U.S. Constitution, the framers composed a document unique for its balance and beauty.
READ MOREBefore criticizing the Founders, w]e must understand the choice they faced: (1) tolerating a vile institution that was (then) dying anyway or (2) consigning the American continent to perpetual warfare at a cost of millions of lives and incalculable misery.
READ MORERecently when commenting on how Americans view the Founding, an associate of mine observed that in many people’s minds the Founders had become mythological rather than historical figures. That is, many people routinely ascribe ideas and actions—both good and bad, wise and stupid—to them that have little to do with historical reality or even human
READ MOREShould we acknowledge that the U.S. Constitution is filled with “archaic, idiosyncratic and downright evil provisions,” and “extricat[e] ourselves from constitutional bondage” by cashiering the document? “As the nation teeters at the edge of fiscal chaos, observers are reaching the conclusion that the American system of government is broken,” argues Louis Michael Seidman, tasked with
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