So, JD Vance is now saying that he and Trump don’t have to obey federal judges, tweeting, “judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” This is how autocrats run things; it’s an ...
How it works Under the U.S. Constitution, Congress holds what's commonly called the "power of the purse." Congress, in other ...
In The Federalist No. 10, James Madison famously described this ... which will ever subsist between them." When the Constitutional Convention assembled on the morning of September 17, 1787 ...
Ohio lawmakers are joining a nationwide effort to hold a second constitutional convention, with the goal of reining in the ...
The manner of electing the President was one of the most contentious issues at the Constitutional Convention held in ... brings to elections. James Madison warned that: [In a direct democracy ...
As a delegate to the Constitutional Convention ... This "elective monarch" (in the words of note-taker James Madison), would also serve "during good behavior," meaning indefinitely, without ...
She specializes in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the political thought of James Madison. Her current projects include studies in the integrity of Madison's Notes of the Constitutional ...
Reflecting this history, James Madison, the fourth president and a leading figure in the Constitutional Convention, wrote in the Federalist Papers that the power of the purse was “the most ...
Reflecting this history, James Madison, the fourth president and a leading figure in the Constitutional Convention, wrote in ...