Judicial Review: The Power That Ratified Itself
By Douglas V. Gibbs Judicial Review is a doctrine the Constitution never named, that arrived by statute, and that has...
This Day in Constitutional History: Signing of the Constitution
by Douglas V. Gibbs September 17, 1787: Thirty-nine delegates from twelve states signed the U.S. Constitution. Thirty-eight signers were physically...
The Rising Sun: A Tale of Constitution Day
By Douglas V. Gibbs The air in the Pennsylvania State House on September 17, 1787, was thick with the weight...
Refederalist: Madison’s Notes – Part 24
June 26 – 27, 1787 Today featured debates on whether Senators should be paid and if so, by who. It...
Judicial Activism and the Constitution
By Douglas V. Gibbs In 1787, the Founding Fathers debated judicial power with intensity and foresight. The conscept of judicial...
Common Use and the Second Amendment
By Douglas V. Gibbs In court cases that make it to the United States Supreme Court, an argument you...
Fleeing Responsibility: Why the Texas Democrats’ Walkout Is a Constitutional Travesty
By Douglas V. Gibbs Let’s not sugarcoat it. When the Democrats fled the Texas legislature to block redistricting, ironically...
Madison’s Notes, 1787 Federal Convention: VIDEO
War Hamster (Brady) and Mr. Constitution (Douglas V. Gibbs) are going through Madison’s Notes taken during the 1787 Constitutional Convention...
Madison’s Notes on the 1787 Constitutional Convention
My good friend Brady and I have been going through Madison’s Notes, the minutes taken during the Constitutional Convention of...