A Journal of Ideas

Constitution

Democracy? Sure—Let’s Try It

The Constitution is lauded as the cornerstone of our democracy. But what if it’s the reason we don’t actually have one?

By Nathan Pippenger

Constitutional Disorder

Two dramatically different views of the Constitution reflect the chasm between how left and right conceive the republic.

By Robert L. Tsai

Emergency Powers: A System Vulnerable to Executive Abuse

By Elizabeth Goitein

Remember the Whole Constitution

Yes, it was written in 1787, but that was only the first draft. The Supreme Court just doesn't want to admit it.

By Brianne Gorod

Past and Present: The Dueling Constitutional Visions

By Lester Spence