“The People Themselves” and the Beauty of a Well-Constructed System:James...
Colleen Sheehan is one of our best students of James Madison. Over a span of years, she has produced a series of significant and insightful articles and book chapters that treat the Virginian’s...
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Why are we still talking about federalism in 2012? Wasn’t it mortally wounded with the passage of the 16th and the 17th Amendments? At least, that is what I hear a lot of Conservatives moaning about....
View ArticleThe Filibuster: A (Reluctant) Madisonian Case
As the Senate filibuster braces to receive what may be a mortal wound via the invocation of the “nuclear option” on executive nominees, there are at least 413 reasons to wish the dilatory tactic...
View ArticleThe Filibuster: A (Reluctant) Madisonian Case
President George Bush awarding C-Span founder Brian Lamb with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, May 11, 2007 (WENN News/Alamy Stock Photo).As the Senate filibuster braces to receive what may be a...
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Political Originalism and the Problem of Power
Image: Charles Brutlag / Shutterstock.comOriginalism is not merely a theory of how the Constitution should be preserved but also of how, precisely, it should change.
View ArticleFederalism, Congressionalism, and an Appeal For a Renewed Constitutional...
Why are we still talking about federalism in 2012? Wasn’t it mortally wounded with the passage of the 16th and the 17th Amendments? At least, that is what I hear a lot of Conservatives moaning about....
View ArticleThe Filibuster: A (Reluctant) Madisonian Case
As the Senate filibuster braces to receive what may be a mortal wound via the invocation of the “nuclear option” on executive nominees, there are at least 413 reasons to wish the dilatory tactic...
View ArticlePolitical Originalism and the Problem of Power
For those outraged by President Trump’s proposal to end birthright citizenship by executive order, a good mantra would be: “And to those Members of Congress who question my authority to make our...
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