To read the other essays in the First Principles: Debating the Constitution symposium, click here. We agree with Doug Kendall and Jim Ryan that conservatives have effectively framed the national debate over constitutional interpretation. For the past 40 years,...
The past eight years of the George W. Bush Administration have seen significant restrictions of individual liberty. Much of the impetus for these restrictions has come from the tragedy of September 11 and its complex aftermath: War inevitably magnifies the...