Tag: Constitution

Clarence Thomas Speaks, and America Should Listen

Tws Staff · October 28, 2016 1:44 pm

Frank Exchange

Tara Helfman · October 28, 2016 6:15 am

Both sides of the Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton debate misunderstand, or affect to misunderstand, the Constitution. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The Constitution is bigger than any politician

Dan Hannan · October 24, 2016 4:03 am

Donald Trump's proposal shows a certain ignorance of the Constitution, as similar proposals for constitutional amendments by candidates of both parties have in the past. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Even a President Trump would have no role in amending the Constitution

Michael Barone · October 19, 2016 3:31 pm

Simply put, the votes to limit lawmakers' terms aren't there, and never have been. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Term limits: Trump’s impossible dream

Susan Ferrechio · October 19, 2016 4:01 am

Originalists Against Trump: ‘The Constitution is More Than Just the Court’

TWS Podcast · October 18, 2016 6:22 pm

As the name they've given themselves makes plain, however, the primary argument of the Originalists is that Donald Trump cannot be trusted to preserve the basic features of the Constitution. (White House)

Beltway Confidential

Originalist sin

Hugo Gurdon · October 17, 2016 10:19 pm

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decided that the new consumer agency, created by Congress in 2010, cannot be headed by a single director who can be removed only for cause by the president. (Ted Eytan/Flickr)

Court rules consumer bureau’s structure unconstitutional

Joseph Lawler · October 11, 2016 3:23 pm

Trump touts stop-and-frisk, brushes off constitutionality issues

Kyle Feldscher · September 27, 2016 2:08 am

Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin said Donald Trump's supporters do not understand the nation's basic laws. (screenshot)

Evan McMullin: Trump supporters ‘not too committed to the Constitution’

Anna Giaritelli · September 20, 2016 10:59 pm

How the First Congress Invented America

Kevin R. Kosar · September 18, 2016 11:15 am

Reflections On the Revolution in Philadelphia

Jay Cost · September 18, 2016 10:35 am