Opinion | Trump Tests the Constitution’s Limits
No wonder President-elect Trump demanded that his own party let him make recess appointments. It would allow his more ...
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Dan Lee: Checks and balances built into the Constitution are vital
Though the U.S. Constitution was written a century before Lord Acton wrote his letter, James Madison and the other people of ...
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Opinion: The U.S. alone is saddled with an electoral college. How did that happen?
James Madison was right. The electoral college is a shoddy piece of work that keeps coming back to haunt us. Nov. 22, 2020 Over the past century no feature of the Constitution has generated more ...
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Why is the county named after President James Madison?
James Madison is often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution.” There is a life-size statue of him in the Madison County Courthouse, as well as a commemorative plaque. Your James Madison ...
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Florida voters enshrine the right to fish and hunt in state constitution
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Floridians voted Tuesday to enshrine the right to fish and hunt in the State Constitution. The amendment ...
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Adler column: Election of the presidency thrown to the House of Representatives: Intrigue and mischief
James Madison, writing in August of 1823 from his home in Montpelier, Virginia, to which he repaired in what turned out be a ...
The Senate's Madisonian opportunity on those nominations
Accelerant: noun. A substance used to aid the spread of fire. Donald Trump, a political accelerant, has ignited, with malice aforethought, a conflagration that will singe him. And because of him, the ...
Trump tests the Constitution’s limits
The Journal’s editorial board termed Mr. Trump’s recess-appointment scheme not “unconstitutional" but “anti-constitutional." ...