National Debt Tops $40 Trillion
By Douglas V. Gibbs The United States National Debt topped $40 trillion for the first time in history on August...
A Question of Interpretation
By Douglas V. Gibbs There is a fundamental debate in constitutional history that sits at the heart of originalist thought....
Hamilton and Jefferson
By Douglas V. Gibbs While not a participant as a delegate during the Constitutional Convention, Thomas Jefferson was highly influential...
Alexander Hamilton: Constitutional Liar
By Douglas V. Gibbs America today largely conforms to Alexander Hamilton’s vision of what the United States could be someday…......
J. D. Vance’s “Alexander Hamilton” Problem
By Douglas V. Gibbs Vice President J.D. Vance made a recent statement that “American economic policy on the right is...
Originalist Case Against McCulloch v. Maryland: How Implied Powers Shattered the Constitutional Republic
By Douglas V. Gibbs The 1819 Supreme Court decision in McCulloch v. Maryland came up in a conversation, recently, with...
Shifting Baselines of History and Politics
By Douglas V. Gibbs America has been drifting away from its founding constitutional principles, a decay made possible by the...
The State of the Presidential Electoral Race on Constitution Day…
By Douglas V. Gibbs We live in a world where the anti-American left has gotten so bad that they’ve even...
Founders Despised Foreign Influence and International Polities
By Douglas V. Gibbs The fledgling United States existed in a world of empires. Trade with the former English Colonies...
Same Old Judicial Schemes
By Douglas V. Gibbs Political Parties in America were a new occurrence during the 1790s. Alexander Hamilton believed the Constitution...