September 1 is the anniversary of the start of World War II in Europe. On that date in 1939, Nazi Germany launched an invasion of Poland from the west and a few weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded from the east. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin signed a non-aggression...
There is a lot of Richad Nixon rehabilitation going on these days. Before we get too far down that road, we should note that this month marks the fifty-fifth anniversary of one of the most pernicious acts of monetary destruction by modern presidents. On August 15,...
Donald Trump returned to office promising to treat the Western Hemisphere as America's business again, and he has spent eighteen months proving he meant it. On his first day back he ordered Latin American criminal syndicates designated as Foreign Terrorist...
The Constitution of the United States could not be clearer on the question of who possesses the authority to take the nation to war. Article I, Section 8 grants Congress alone the power "to declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning...
In his recent comments justifying a preventive war against Iran, President Donald Trump declared, "In 1983, Iran's proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel." Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has invoked that...
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts [tariffs] and Excises…. —U.S. Constituton, Article I, Section 8 Referring to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...
The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution places a limit (just compensation) on an implied power (eminent domain) that is not listed in Article I, Section 8. Thus, James Madison was less than candid when he said the national government’s powers...
I pay no attention to the Super Bowl, even less to the overhyped halftime show. But I do pay some attention to the reaction to the show's headliners when they're announced and afterward. So I know that some people did not like that Bad Bunny (whom I knew nothing about...
