James Madison, writing in August of 1823 from his home in Montpelier, Virginia, to which he repaired in what turned out be a futile...

The presidential election of 1788, the first under the newly minted Constitution, was unusual and even unique in ways that 21st Century...

Our ongoing review of the origins and rationales that undergird the Electoral College reveals a central point that cannot be ignored. The...

One of the chief justifications for the Electoral College, advanced by its advocates, is that small, lightly populated states require...

Civic engagement, what the nation’s founders hoped would be a distinguishing feature of the young and energetic republic, can be...

Two previous columns on the origins of the Electoral College have sparked questions from discerning readers across the state who wonder...

The Framers of the Constitution seriously considered adoption of a direct popular vote for the election of the president until objections...

With less than 50 days remaining in the 2024 presidential election, citizens are turning their attention to the “Electoral College Map,”...

Advocates of term limits for Supreme Court Justices, mindful of the overgrown, transformative power of the Court and the ethical lapses...

Plummeting public approval of the U.S. Supreme Court, now at record lows, reflects in part deep-seated concerns about recent rulings that...

The doctrine of checks and balances, central to the success of American Constitutionalism, is designed to curb abuse of power and promote...

Is the threat of impeachment sufficient to deter Supreme Court Justices from abusing power or engaging in other acts of misbehavior that...

In the Constitutional Convention of 1787, delegates debated the merits and virtues of vesting in federal courts the awesome power of...

President Joe Biden’s proposed constitutional amendment--“The No One is Above the Law Amendment” -- seeks to restore the cornerstone...

President Joe Biden’s sweeping proposals to reform the US Supreme Court and the American Presidency are steeped in irony. It is not lost...

The possibilities of the Office of the Presidency, the Framers of the Constitution knew, would depend in large measure on the character...

The use of force, including assassination and other forms of lethal political violence, as a means of altering governmental regimes and...

President Joe Biden, seeking a second term, is running against the U.S. Supreme Court.  Keenly aware of the Court’s declining approval...

For years to come, constitutional scholars and historians will long note the irony of the Supreme Court’s defiance of its own...

The Declaration of Independence, which Abraham Lincoln referred to as the “sheet anchor of the Republic,” set forth the proposition, as...