Education
North Carolina Guarantees a Bill of Rights
In recent elections, North Carolina has often been referred to as a battleground state. In some ways, that was the case in the late 1780s. On November 21, 1789, North Carolina…
Preamble to the United States Constitution
brief introductory statement of the Constitution's fundamental purposes and guiding principles
Liberty
The presidency our founders created
Joseph Bessette and Gary Schmitt of the American Enterprise Institute remind us about the role the president is supposed to play in our constitutional system. … [W]hen it came time…
Law & Public Safety
The Constitution and impeachment
Adam Carrington writes for the Washington Examiner about impeachment‘s role in the process of constitutional government. [T]he Constitution could have created an entirely distinct body just for impeachments. [Alexander] Hamilton…
Elections & Public Integrity
Progressives and the Constitution
Jay Cost of National Review Online probes progressives’ attitudes about our nation’s governing document. Last week, conservatives in the Twitterverse had a good chuckle at the expense of MSNBC host…
Elections & Public Integrity
National Review columnist throws his hat into the ring … sort of
Jay Cost of National Review Online explains why he plans to run for president. I hereby announce my candidacy for president* on the following platform: I pledge never to presume…
Liberty
The desire for a ‘classy’ president
Jay Cost of National Review Online addresses common complaints about President Trump’s style and manners. … [O]ur Founders tried to protect republican government from becoming royal government, but they also…
Law & Public Safety
Save Your Seat For Monday, Dec. 11 at JLF
There are a number of ways of interpreting what the Framers meant to give us, in their Constitution, but reading their deliberations carefully, it’s clear that more than anything they…
Liberty
Defending the Senate
Jay Cost of National Review Online explores the U.S. Senate’s role in our constitutional structure. In recent years the United States Senate has become the bête noire of many good-government…
Elections & Public Integrity
The Electoral College and the race card
Gabby Morrongiello dissects for Washington Examiner readers the latest Democratic line of attack against Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. Democrats still mourning the outcome of last month’s election have added…
Law & Public Safety
Learning from Locke
Libertarian Georgetown law professor Randy Barnett‘s latest book, Our Republican Constitution, faces scrutiny from Jeremy Rozansky in the latest Commentary magazine. Barnett frames American legal history as a contest between…
Law & Public Safety
Walter Williams marks Madison’s legacy
Walter Williams writes at Human Events that Americans would do well to commemorate a special birthday each March 16. We celebrate Washington’s Birthday each February. But March 16th marks the…
Liberty
What Was Dufus Up To?
I will try to stay within the limits of BCRA here. But I was in South Carolina yesterday, attending presidential candidate stuff. The night ended with the Conservative Review’s Convention.…