Explaining the zero-sum game that American politics has devolved into using a little bit of ‘80s pop culture.
The Progress of Leviathan
Trumpism is simply the inevitable result of a century-long expansion of federal authority and the centralizing of power in the US Presidency.
Link: Does the Constitution Hang by a Thread?
The US Constitution hangs by far fewer threads than it did even a few years ago. But of those threads, I will say this: there may be few, but they have the capacity to be strong.
Faithless Electors are Dead, Long Live the Electoral College
In what some are calling a blow to the electoral college, the decision in Chiafolo v. Washington actually strengthens state sovereignty, the core of why we have an electoral college.
Link: What Are Constitutional Values?
The US Constitution doesn’t exist in a vacuum. There are strong ideological and philosophical underpinnings behind its provisions and framework.
What About Limited Government?
In a contest between nationalists and progressives, the founding vision is no where to be found.
Link: The Democrats Will Not Save The Constitution
Trump skeptical conservatives have reason to be concerned about the President’s convictions in constitutional government, but the Democrats’ contempt of constitutional values cannot be overstated.
Bearing Arms and Natural Rights
The right to bear arms is unalienable because it is an extension of a right that existed before government was ever conceived.
The Democratic Agenda
Anyone who is seriously contemplating giving Democrats the wheels of government in order to defeat Trump and Trumpism should be doing so with a clear understanding of the Democratic agenda.
The Constitution Is A Philosophy, Not A Document
Denying the value of enlightenment era classical liberalism in our founding is historical revisionism.