Drawing on specific examples, two historians look at how all three branches of the federal government have defied the tenets of the U.S. Constitution to make de

“Let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” —Thomas Jefferson The United States Consti

Are the Rich Necessary? presents the most fundamental and gripping economic arguments that underlie just about all economic quarrels. For the most part, the aut

The Constitution of the United States created a representative republic marked by federalism and the separation of powers. Yet numerous federal judges--led by t

Are liberals right when they cite the “elastic” clauses of the Constitution to justify big government? Or are conservatives right when they cite the Constit