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....
Luther Martin’s Warning: Executive Power, Unequal Representation, and the Illusion of Impeachment
Luther Martin feared that the Constitution was not a blueprint for liberty, but rather a framework for centralized control that threatened state sovereignty. He hammered this point home in Genuine Information, criticizing unequal representation in Congress, condemning...
War Powers: The True History of James Madison, the Constitution and the War of 1812
In the early years of the United States under the Constitution, James Madison made one of the most compelling constitutional arguments against unilateral presidential war powers. Through their actions, the first three presidential administrations of Washington, Adams,...