The US government shutdown emerges, risking a debt downgrade, recession, and asset price bubble bursts. Click here to read ...

I’ve lived a full life, but I think the part of it that I enjoyed most and probably did best was the years when I was a public school teacher. With the beginning of the school year, I’m reminded of my ...

We the People” – captured the drafters’ intent at the outset that democracy should be a government of, by, and for the people ...

This challenges the traditional liberal view, exemplified by the allegory of Ulysses tied to the mast, where the constitution sets limits on state power and can only be changed through formal ...

Former federal judges Robert Cindrich and Paul Michel launched the Article III Coalition to defend judicial independence amid ...

My guest today is Michael McFaul, the U.S. ambassador to Russia in the years following Putin’s return to the presidency. He ...

King James II tried to rule as an absolute monarch, but the 1689 Bill of Rights put an end to that. It declared “that levying money for or to the use of the Crown … without grant of Parliament … is ...

The Office of Public Accountability has issued its sixth status report on audit recommendations, finding that 28 out of 83 ...

In times of democratic strain, clarity must come not only from scholars and journalists but also from those who have sworn to ...

A directly elected president would not have remained silent through the carnage of September 8th and 9th. The current ...

Authoritarianism is likely to prevail unless we the people take bold action. A large, national protest would be a good first step ...