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Commentary Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: John Rutledge owned slaves. Moreover, during the ...

Commentary Like James Madison, the subject of the last essay in this series, John Dickinson was one of ...

The goal of fiscal policy in the 118th Congress is to reverse the growth of government spending and inflation. The rules and processes by which lawmakers approach this important task can either set them up for success or failure. Therefore, it is vital that the new Congress adopt the right approach that provides the tools it needs to accomplish its goal. Congress should strengthen the rules and processes used to implement fiscal policy in three ways:

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Defending the Constitution: Secrets Behind Those ‘Obscure’ Provisions Commentary In previous essays in the Defending the Constitution series, I’ve responded to “progressive” attacks on prominent terms in the document: equal representation in the Senate, denying D.C. statehood, and the Second Amendment, among others. But “progressives” also assail less prominent parts of the Constitution. For example, one liberal law professor reacted to the Origination Clause—requiring tax measures to be introduced first in the House rather than the Senate—with the question, “Why should an...