Michael Fowler·Jun 3Marbury, and the Case That Built a PowerThe case that gave American courts their defining power was, on its surface, a quarrel about a job. A man named William Marbury had been…
Stephen Shaiken, Author & Blogger·Jun 26, 2025What Are the President’s War Powers?There’s a Constitutional conflict between the power to declare war (Congress) and the role of Commander-in-Chief (President.) Congress…
Stephen Shaiken, Author & Blogger·May 1, 2025New on Stephen’s Podcast: “Your Constitution.” Part One: Powers of the LegislatureEveryone talks about the Constitution, but few have actually read it, let alone understand it. If you listen to these podcast, you will be…
Stephen Shaiken, Author & Blogger·Feb 13, 2025Understanding the Constitutional Crisis: A President Exceeding Any View of Their AuthorityI hear of a lot people, educated people included, asking what’s the big deal about Trump sending Musk’s pre-millennial minions into…
Whet Moser·Apr 28, 2021How Court Packing Gave Us the Modern Supreme CourtJohn Marshall’s opinion in Madison vs. Marbury, the foundation of its role as a co-equal branch, is magisterial. The case that inspired it…
InThe Coach And The VetbyJohn Brent Bockmon·Oct 21, 2020SCOTUS NominationsMarbury V Madison (1803) changed the game. It was a seminal case that supplied the Supreme Court of the United States the power to be in…
n. s.·Jun 11, 2020Bread, Political Extremes, and QuarantinesWeeks tick by. An unchanging routine, an unfurnished apartment, and unadorned walls. All wear down on me. Even the digital world now feels…
Arieh Sclar·Feb 14, 2018John Marshall and George Washington“the continent was divided into two great political parties, the one of which contemplated America as a nation, and labored incessantly to…
