Vergil: Poet Laureate of the American Founding
The reverse side of the dollar bill reproduces the Great Seal of the United States. On the left is the back of the seal. It features two Latin phrases. Annuit coeptis means “He [i.e., God] has approved our undertakings.” It is an abbreviation of a line from a prayer...
Incidental Powers in the Constitution
The Constitution is many things, but at its most basic level it is a document conveying enumerated powers from a principal (“We the People”) to identified agents. Like most other Founding-era enumerated power documents, the Constitution’s expressly-listed powers...
Are President Trump’s Tariff Orders Constitutional?
The U.S. Court of International Trade recently made headlines by issuing an order voiding many of President Donald J. Trump’s tariffs. The case was V.O.S Selections v. United States. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has stayed the order pending appeal....