A Journal of Ideas

Constitution

Constitutional Disorder

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

By Robert 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

The Economic Constitution

The argument that democracy requires an equitable economic distribution long predates Franklin Roosevelt.

By Mark A. Graber