Do you remember when the dynamic young U.S. senator from Illinois assured us that the era of the “cowboy” Bush was over; that his pedigree as a Harvard Law grad and constitutional law professor would ensure a more palatable (and responsible) approach to the rule of law?

The last eight years paints quite a different picture. Indeed, the Obama tenure has witnessed ultra-aggressive rulemaking and extra-territorial executive orders in unprecedented number and scope. For context, check out my summaries of news headlines from the last seven plus years. After reading, you may want to either re-read the Federalist Papers or attend a Broadway production of “Hamilton” …