George Washington, a real estate investor and successful entrepreneur, knew the difference between running a business and running the government
The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an ...
Trump is the kinglike president many feared when arguing over the US Constitution in 1789 – and his address to Congress showed it
When the US Constitution was written, many people − from those who wrote the document to those on the outside who read it − ...
‘Enormous and lasting damage’: Sign US is headed for massive ‘collapse’
“America’s current retreat from its engagements around the world — from gutting USAid to abandoning European allies — constitutes a surrender of power comparable in living memory only to Mikhail ...
Resistance will only make Trump stronger
The Supreme Court will rule that President Donald Trump has the power to fire independent federal agency heads.
Opinion - The Constitution has already collapsed, and we are to blame
When citizens are poorly informed, they can be easily manipulated by those seeking to undo our founding principles.
After FDR won 4 elections, Americans soured on presidents exceeding 2 terms
Amid the abundance of controversies evoked by the presidencies of Donald Trump, I am anticipating legal scholars will opine ...
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How George Washington's Silence Shaped America's Most Powerful Office
In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention with sphinx-like inscrutability. He betrayed not a flicker of emotion as the architects of a new nation wrangled ...
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The Constitution has already collapsed, and we are to blame
In 1796, President George Washington called for the creation ... Donald Trump has shown little respect for the Constitution. In his first term, he argued that Article Two gives him “the right ...
Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
The country’s two political parties – the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans – were increasingly hostile to one another, and the young nation was sinking deeper into a foreign policy crisis ...
21 Things You May Not Know About the U.S. Constitution
How well do you really know the U.S. Constitution? Discover things you might not have realized about this influential ...
It’s a Presidential Speech to Congress, but Not a State of the Union Address
Presidents generally deliver high-profile speeches to Congress shortly after their inauguration, and the distinction may make ...