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Blame the Tea Party for the national debt crisis?
The struggle to raise the debt limit and the ongoing political battle over deficit reduction have unleashed angry attacks on President Obama, Congress, Democrats, and Republicans. Probably at the top...
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5 things to know about Occupy Wall Street + 1 big question
1. How Occupy Wall Street compares with the Tea Party It seems that a plethora of pundits are rushing to compare the Occupy Wall Street movement with the Tea Party and to some (albeit superficial)...
View ArticleRinging out 2011 (with thanks to the “12 Days of Christmas” song)
We here at Constitution Daily love the holidays. The office is filled with festive cheer and delicious treats. In that spirit, we offer our spin on the beloved “12 Days of Christmas” song, counting...
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Constitution Check: Has the time come to expand commercial rights?
In a continuing series of posts, Lyle Denniston provides responses based on the Constitution and its history to public statements about the meaning of the Constitution and what duties it imposes or...
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Stop Making Sense!
The argument always starts with the following assumption: “Mitt Romney has to be the Republican nominee because he’s the only candidate who makes sense.” Then comes the head scratching: “So why hasn’t...
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Of Another Day and Another Romney: The Year When Conservative Republicans...
A little more than a decade ago, Edward Luttwak, the renowned military strategist, wrote a provocative essay in Foreign Affairs entitled, “Give War a Chance.” The idea, in a nutshell, was this: war,...
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Rejecting Affordable Care Act is rejecting Constitution
Editor’s note: Companion posts by Akhil Amar/Todd Brewster and Ilya Shapiro are published today in conjunction with a special moot court on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act hosted by the...
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Taking advice from the master
In a continuing series of posts, David Thornburgh explores the tools and techniques public leaders use to get things done and move more than just a slim majority of a decision-making body to a...
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What Ever Happened to Compromise?
UPDATE: Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson discussed compromise and Congressional gridlock with Andrea Mitchell at the National Constitution Center on May 2. Listen to the full podcast: Is compromise a...
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The Constitution This Week: Personhood, protesters, and partisanship
News headlines, politicians, and hot-button issues come and go, but one 225-year-old document continues to emerge in our conversations about our nation’s most important questions and challenges: the...
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