Law & Public Safety
Judicial Deference Reform
Introduction No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment. James Madison, Federalist No. 10 There can be no…
Federalist No. 10
first of the Federalist Papers written by James Madison
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Why NC should eliminate judicial deference to state agencies
When there is a dispute between a citizen and an administrative agency, a legal doctrine known as judicial deference requires courts to “defer” to the latter’s interpretation of the law…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Restoring the Right to a Fair Trial in North Carolina
Judicial deference to administrative agencies undermines North Carolinians’ right to a fair trial. The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that challenges administrative deference. In a…
Liberty
Why Leftists Support Direct Democracy
Casey Chalk writes for the Federalist about the political left’s disinterest in the American form of government. “American democracy is cracking,” warns Washington Post Chief Correspondent Dan Balz in a…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
The Left Would Dismantle the American System in the Name of “Democracy”
Political leaders and the media have been warning of a “threat to democracy” for months. While their rhetoric claims support for a pure democracy, it’s important to remember that in…
Law & Public Safety
Goldberg mulls a potential presidential ‘self-pardon’
It’s unclear to Jonah Goldberg whether President Trump could pardon himself for a federal crime. The columnist tackles the topic at National Review Online. As for Trump’s pardon power, it…
Elections & Public Integrity
Presidential nomination process as ’embarrassing mess’
Jay Cost of National Review Online explains why he is no fan of the way either major political party selects its presidential candidates. The trend toward an unadulterated democratic nomination…
Liberty
A ‘Madisonian nightmare’ as organized interests collude against the public interest
Jay Cost documents in a Washington Free Beacon column serious concerns about modern interest-group politics. Is this proliferation of interest groups buttressed by sophisticated lobbying operations a good thing? Some…
Elections & Public Integrity
Conservatives need to take on cronies
Jay Cost writes at National Review Online that it’s time for conservatives to take a concerted stand against crony capitalism, subsidies, corporate welfare, and other targeted giveaways. Conservatives are the…
Liberty
City Journal writer explores debate of liberty vs. equality
Myron Magnet of the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal looks back to the American Founding for useful informaton in the liberty-versus-equality debate. In the greatest of the Federalist Papers, Number 10,…
Liberty
Madison’s role in pushing the Constitution
Two hundred years after he occupied the White House, James Madison is attracting quite a bit of attention from biographers who write for more than just an academic audience. Having…
Liberty
Madison’s Federalist #10
Monday was the 223rd anniversary of the publication of James Madison’s Federalist #10, perhaps his most important contribution to the Federalist Papers. My friends at What Would the Founders Think?…