Joe Biden suggested that his proposed national mask mandate to combat the coronavirus pandemic would not take the form of any federal mandate at all, declaring that he is a “constitutionalist” that ...

I thought today we would talk about constitutionalism, something you’ve written on. A book of your essays is called–I assume that was your choice–America’s Constitutional Soul. And we were reminded of ...

Do we want statist or a constitutionalist government? That is the question that confronts American politics today. What is the difference between them? A constitutionalist wants the limited government ...

The name of the attorney on the news release announcing the latest legal threat from the Good Ship Rolovich might ring a bell. Patriot “constitutionalist” KrisAnne Hall – a key figure in the Malheur ...

Living constitutionalists argue that their methodology allows us to improve constitutional law over time. But what if it actually makes it worse? Legal scholar Ernest Young raises that very question ...

For Republicans, defending the Constitution is like the weather: They all talk about it, but nobody ever does anything. Or, at least, does anything practical. Conservatives think that modern ...

In last week’s column I noted several specific examples of how the term “conservative” has been bastardized to mean standing for nothing other than not being a Democrat. Given what we’re seeing from ...

In Snohomish County, Sheriff Adam Fortney is refusing to enforce the governor’s stay-at-home order. He claims the order “intrudes on our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” On April ...

How in the world was President Trump able to figure out the 14th Amendment when it stymied some of the greatest minds in constitutional law? That’s the question that will confront voters in the face ...

AbstractIn an era concerned with dysfunction in American politics, polarization, and the relevance of academia for ameliorating these problems, the fiftieth anniversary of a debate about American ...

President Obama seems to be doing everything in his power, and quite a few things that are not legitimately within his power, to bring about a constitutional crisis. He has repeatedly suspended laws ...

I keep seeing words describing the Republican candidates as true conservative, common sense conservative, real conservative, Reagan conservative and so on. Van Irion is none of those - he is a ...