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 were “few and defined.” A constitution containing “powers by implication” (another Madisonian phrase) cannot be a constitution of few powers. (See my America’s Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Revisited.)
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Trump Is Losing the War for the Strait of Hormuz
A US president casually threatening to cut off trade with Spain is not normal “tough talk” it’s a signal flare for how unstable alliance management can get when policy is driven by impulse. We walk through Trump’s comments from the NATO summit and what a real break...