Commentary
January 26, 2026
A Republic — If You Can Keep It
Benjamin Franklin's famous statement upon completion of the Constitution.
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January 27, 2026
Why Separation of Powers Matters
Because concentrated power is the greatest threat to liberty.
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January 28, 2026
The Presidency: A Powerful Office Bound by Law
Why the presidency is powerful—but never law-free.
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January 29, 2026
The Judiciary's Constitutional Role
Why the judiciary may be the most essential institution for preserving liberty.
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January 30, 2026
Judging Power — Not Personalities
Not confusing personal views with constitutional judgment.
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January 31, 2026
Arresting Journalists and the Constitution
What the arrest of journalist Don Lemon says about presidential power.
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February 2, 2026
Presidential Power and Immigration Enforcement
What is a president's proper use of ICE under the Constitution?
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February 3, 2026
Presidential Speech ≠ Presidential Power
Why a president's words alone do not exercise power.
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February 4, 2026
Can a President Suspend the Constitution?
How emergencies reveal the strength of constitutional commitment.
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February 5, 2026
Can a President Cancel Congressional Elections?
The Constitution's answer to the question.
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February 6, 2026
Why America Needed George Washington
The nation's first president chose restraint over power.
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February 9, 2026
When Congress Stops Checking the President
The danger of one-party control of government.
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February 10, 2026
Why Martial Law Is Not a Presidential Switch
It's not a button a president can simply press.
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February 11, 2026
Why Founders Limited the Presidency
How the Founders carefully engineered the presidency.
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February 12, 2026
Can a President Declare Control Over a Country?
Presidential authority depends on legal authorization—not personal assertion.
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February 13, 2026
Can Troops Patrol U.S. Cities?
The constitutional tradition has been very restrictive.
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February 16, 2026
Can Presidents Rename National Symbols?
Such symbols are not matters of personal presidential discretion.
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February 17, 2026
What "Faithfully Execute the Law" Means
A president is the executor of the law, not its author or editor.
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February 18, 2026
Is a President Above the Law?
The rule of law applies at the highest levels of government.
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February 19, 2026
Disagreement Built the Constitution
The Founders disagreed on much, but agreed on what mattered most.
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February 20, 2026
A President's Authority to Use Lethal Force
The authority to use lethal force does not arise from office alone.
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February 23, 2026
Tariffs: A President Reined In
A textbook example of how our constitutional system works.
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February 25, 2026
Can a President Defy the Supreme Court?
What has been the history of this for nearly 240 years?
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February 26, 2026
When Presidents Overreach on Imprisonment
Presidents do not have unchecked power to imprison people.
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February 27, 2026
Why the Founders Chose One President
History shows plural executives do not work.
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March 2, 2026
Why Majority Rule Isn't Enough
Why majorities can be just as tyrannical as kings.
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March 3, 2026
War Powers and the Constitution
Who has the authority to take the nation to war?
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March 4, 2026
Term Limits for Federal Judges?
Can Congress do this with ordinary legislation?
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March 5, 2026
Is America on the Verge of Collapse?
History would suggest otherwise.
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March 6, 2026
What Courts Can — and Cannot — Do
The judiciary does not sit as a super-legislature.
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March 9, 2026
Why Congress Rarely Declares War
The Framers expected Congress to play the central role.
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March 10, 2026
Why Presidents Aren't Kings
The Framers did not create a national ruler.
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March 12, 2026
Presidential Power Abroad — And Its Limits
Deference, yes—but not unlimited authority.
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March 13, 2026
The Character of a Nation
Political institutions reflect the people they govern.
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March 16, 2026
When Can a President Be Impeached?
The constitutional mechanism for serious abuses of power.
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March 17, 2026
Can a President Forgive Federal Crimes?
Are any limits placed on such power?
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March 18, 2026
Why No President Has Unlimited Power
The separation of powers is designed to prevent such authority.
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March 19, 2026
Presidents Don't Appoint Justices Alone
The arrangement reflects a central constitutional principle.
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March 20, 2026
Why Is a President's Term Four Years?
Balancing two competing concerns.
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March 23, 2026
Three Things a President Cannot Do
The presidency is powerful—but not unlimited.
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March 24, 2026
Can a President Pardon Himself?
The Constitution does not answer every question.
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March 25, 2026
Can the Military Say No to the President?
The answer lies in a deeply rooted principle of U.S. law.
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March 26, 2026
Can a President Refuse to Leave Office?
Authority follows the office—not the person.
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March 27, 2026
Can a President Seize Ballots?
The division of election authority was not accidental.
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March 30, 2026
Why a President Takes an Oath
A question that goes to the heart of the Constitution.
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March 31, 2026
Why Don't Americans Vote Directly for President?
Why the Framers created the Electoral College.
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April 1, 2026
Can a President Decide Citizenship?
Presidential judgment is not a constitutional command.
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April 2, 2026
Why Must a President Be 35?
This minimum requirement is not arbitrary.
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April 3, 2026
Why Judicial Independence Matters
A principle not tied to any one decision or moment.
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April 6, 2026
Why Does the President Have a Veto?
Why give that kind of power to one person?
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April 8, 2026
Can a President Tear Down the White House?
An important constitutional principle.
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April 9, 2026
Who Wins: The President or the Courts?
The Constitution anticipates this contest.
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April 13, 2026
Can a President Pressure the Pope?
Such actions can be warning signs.
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April 15, 2026
Can a President Start a War Alone?
The Framers intentionally divided that power.
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April 16, 2026
Can the President Control College Sports?
A question that raises deeper issues of presidential authority.
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April 21, 2026
What If a President Can't Do the Job?
The rule of law still governs.
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April 22, 2026
Can a President Launch a Nuclear Strike?
What if the order is unlawful?
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April 23, 2026
Has a President Ever Been Removed from Office?
The bar is high because the stakes are high.
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April 27, 2026
Have Presidents Ever Been Assassinated?
An important feature of governance.
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April 28, 2026
Has a President Ever Resigned?
How the rule of law is supposed to work.
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April 30, 2026
Is Presidential Power the Same as Personal Power?
What's at stake is more than one presidency or person.
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May 4, 2026
Voting Rights and Presidential Power
Defining what a president can and cannot do.
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May 6, 2026
Can a President Target Rivals?
Can the Justice Department be used for that purpose?
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May 7, 2026
What Is the Supreme Court's "Shadow Docket"?
The practice isn't new—but much has changed.
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May 12, 2026
Supreme Court Justices and Term Limits
Judicial independence versus democratic accountability.
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May 13, 2026
Why Presidents Care About Gerrymandering
It's not just about congressional districts.
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May 14, 2026
What If Congress Stops Checking a President?
The Framers did not expect a president to police himself.
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May 18, 2026
Can a President Decide Your Gender?
The issue is not just about gender
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May 20, 2026
Should a President Be Limited to Just One Term?
Would a single longer term better serve the country?
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May 21, 2026
Is the President Really All Powerful?
The Constitution did not create an unchecked executive
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May 26, 2026
A Presidential “Weaponization” Fund?
Can a president create one without Congress?
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May 27, 2026
Should the Electoral College Be Replaced?
A timeless debate throughout American history
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May 28, 2026
How Did Human Nature Shape the Presidency?
The Framers assumed human nature does not change
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June 2, 2026
What Is a President’s “Bully Pulpit?”
The presidency is a uniquely powerful platform
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June 3, 2026
Can Presidents Preserve Democratic Stability?
The answer is more than people realize
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June 4, 2026
“Weaponization” Fund: Checks Working?
Congress and the judiciary collectively checking the president
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June 8, 2026
Can Presidents Profit from the Presidency?
A president’s personal interests vs. the public interest
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June 10, 2026
Who Controls AI: Congress or the President?
It’s not only about technology — it’s about the Constitution
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June 11, 2026
Can Congress Stop a President’s War?
The Framers anticipated this sort of conflict
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