Pence is dead wrong in his latest legal tactic
(Feb. 15) Former Vice President Mike Pence is usually a serious man, but his latest reported legal gambit is laughably fatuous. If the reports are true that Pence plans to […]
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Trump’s advocacy of constitutional evasion should be the last straw
(Dec. 5, 2022) Now that former president Donald Trump has called for the suspension of the Constitution when it suits his ends, every elected Republican should finally denounce Trump as […]
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Why both parties deserved not to win
(Nov. 15) With a full week’s perspective on the Nov. 8 elections , one can see the U.S. constitutional system , in a macro sense, again worked exquisitely well. The results provided rough justice […]
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Conservative jurisprudence promotes both justice and freedom
(Oct. 25) Conservative constitutionalists, no less than politicians, should heed the old campaign maxim that people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Speaking […]
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Republican senators play with fire by not convicting Trump
Amidst a host of substantive reasons why senators should find Donald Trump guilty of impeachable offenses, a purely political reality should be vivid in their consciousness. Each senator who votes […]
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South Dakota’s Kristi Noem channels James Madison
(Aug. 26) I’ve been a big fan of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem for years, but tonight, she cemented my admiration for her. She rooted her Republican National Convention speech […]
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Four on the floor: Random, from Miguel Estrada to B. Obama
Four column by Quin with links embedded in the headlines. (There is no topical connection among these four pieces.) Doug Jones auditions for a Biden sub-Cabinet post (Aug. 17). Mobile, […]
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Congress should work — and not by remote
Two pieces… the first, an official editorial of The Washington Examiner, and the second a column by Quin. Follow the links embedded in the headlines. Congress should return to work, […]
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Several considerations against a national quarantine
(April 3) The media should stop clamoring for a nationally ordered lockdown, or “quarantine,” to respond to the current pandemic. The president almost certainly lacks constitutional authority to order one, […]
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Florida’s border order crossed several lines
(March 30) One of the most constitutionally and morally problematic responses to the coronavirus pandemic is that of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in strongly dissuading residents of certain states from […]
