United States Constitution

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I'd be skeptical if I were you

From Where I Stand: All candidates need to do, it seems, is to feed our wildest dreams. But without skepticism, democracy is dead. Then there's nothing but monarchy, tyranny and autocracy left.

Detail from a portrait of James Madison, circa 1821, by Gilbert Stuart (National Gallery of Art)

Nuances of constitutional originalism leave originalism behind

By Michael Sean Winters
"Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States," a 1940 painting by Howard Chandler Christy, is seen in the U.S. Capitol building. (Flickr/Architect of the Capitol)

Kavanaugh hearings prompt a closer look at originalism

By Michael Sean Winters
A 1900 illustration depicts the U.S. Senate in 1850, as Sen. Henry Clay delivers a speech. Seated in the second row behind him is Daniel Webster, and on the far right is John Calhoun.

'Do not trust in princes': the limits of politics

By Michael Sean Winters

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