President of the United States from 1809 to 1817
We all know that legislatures exist to make laws and pass budgets. Of equal importance is ensuring that those laws and budgets are faithfully executed. The World Bank’s textbook on…
American conservatism is experiencing its most serious internal strain since the collapse of the New Deal consensus. Disputes over trade, executive power, postliberalism, and the boundaries of the conservative coalition…
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…
I grew up a Rush Baby. Some of my earliest political memories come not from school or textbooks but from Rush Limbaugh’s unmistakable voice filling our car. I subscribed to…
Jonathan Turley writes for the New York Post about a particularly loathsome political operator. In Federalist No. 51, James Madison famously wrote that “ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” …
Yuval Levin discusses the U.S. Constitution as a unifying force. First of all, to see that the Constitution is concerned with unity is to take notice of a particular understanding…
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…
Yuval Levin laments Congress’ role in current constitutional struggles. Everyone who follows American politics is going to spend a lot of time thinking about presidential and judicial power over the…
In his 2018 book The Revolt of the Public, Martin Gurri warned that political history may increasingly be driven “by negation rather than contradiction” — not by a contest of…
Casey Chalk writes for the Federalist about the disturbing views among those on the political left. As much of an evil as racially-motivated chattel slavery was in American history, the…
Transparency is one of the most vital traits of a good, properly functioning government. As James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution,” explained, “A popular Government, without popular information, or the…
Introduction In The Federalist No. 62, James Madison warned, It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if…