America’s early leaders were worried not only about demagogues like Donald Trump, but about the rise of an antidemocratic, ...

Without an independent judiciary, the Constitution would be no match for Donald Trump’s authoritarian impulses.

MAGA American among us must admit: Donald Trump holds sway over our times. Having dominated our politics for eight years, and ...

Defiance so breaches the American norm that two episodes stand out, both in the 1800s, involving President Andrew Jackson’s ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said the Trump administration is putting the nation “on the edge of a constitutional crisis” ...

Doomscrolling scenarios like a Trump third term won’t happen. But what if this administration defies court orders?

Jefferson’s sentiments reflected the prevailing mood of a sizable majority of the country at the dawn of the 19th century: A ...

Some are thrilled by the number of executive actions. Others see it as executive overreach. What is a U.S. president really ...

One of the core arguments I advance in this series is that as American citizens we have no hope of understanding, much less ...

“Common Sense” wasn’t simply a call for independence but also a denunciation of monarchies. Paine would be outraged that an ...