War Powers
Constitutional War Powers: A Guard Against Tyranny
In 1787, amidst a sweltering Philadelphia summer and equally heated debates over the proposed constitution, James Madison warned his fellow delegates of the danger that giving the president the power to declare war would pose to liberty. On June 29th of that year...
February 19, 1942: A Black Stain on American History
NOTE: Today marks the anniversary of FDR signing executive order 9066, which authorized the “indefinite detention” of nearly 150,000 people on American soil. The order authorized the Secretary of War and the U.S. Army to create military zones “from which...
“I love George Washington. Except for his Foreign Policy.”
We are a political society primarily driven by our own, narrowly defined special interests. Not general principles. Nowhere is that more evident than in U.S. foreign policy. We intervene in Libya to “protect civilians” and turn a blind eye to similar...