Some Federalists expressed pride in the Constitution precisely because they considered it more reality-based than Plato’s “Republic.”
The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 4: the pioneers: Socrates, Xenophon, Plato Read More »
Plato refined Socrates’s classification of political systems and suggested that the better political forms tend to degenerate into corrupt forms. Aristocracy, for example, becomes oligarchy, and democracy becomes tyranny.
The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 3: the pioneers: Socrates, Xenophon, Plato Read More »
Eighteenth-century education encompassed religion, music, and English. . . . But the heart of the curriculum was made up of the Greco-Roman classics.
The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 2: The Founders’ education Read More »
These essays will focus on the writers who taught the Founders their political lessons—their lessons in republicanism, in political organization, and in political virtue.
First in a series: The ideas that formed the Constitution Read More »
Many writings by law professors merely serve a political agenda and do not meet the minimal qualifications for real scholarship
It is difficult to imagine a more anti-libertarian step than moving small children away from their parents and turning them over to the state.
The ‘progressive’ Democrat who pretends he’s a libertarian Read More »
A long list of Biden’s actions could be classified as “semifascist.”
Joe Biden’s Charge of ‘Semi-Fascism’ Read More »
Why nine? Because any combination of nine states (even the nine with the smallest populations) would comprise a majority of American citizens.
In constitutional law, the methods applied by “progressives” are the new, partisan inventions. Originalism is the standard bequeathed by the ages.
Understanding the Constitution: Originalism was not invented by partisan Republicans Read More »
Many states have governors with no illusions about this administration, and who understand what its direction is likely to be. If those governors have not begun already to plan for a crisis, they had better start now.
Biden’s nasty speech and the nation’s governors Read More »
Some claim that when the word “Commerce” is applied to Native Americans, it magically balloons in scope, allowing Congress to regulate just about anything.
Will the Supreme Court stretch the Commerce Clause even more? Read More »
The Constitution gives Congress power to “define and punish” offenses against the law of nations. Scholars popular among the Founders wrote that illegal immigration is such an offense.
Understanding the Constitution: The Power to Restrict Immigration Read More »
