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...
Constitution Radio: The End of the Beginning
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Drawing Fire
By Douglas V. Gibbs When my website manager told me that my site was being hit harder than any of...
The Constitution: Written, Not Living and Breathing
By Douglas V. Gibbs The Constitution is often referred to as a “living and breathing document.” My friend and constitutional...
Trump is Using the Militia, Not the Military
By Douglas V. Gibbs President Trump is not sending the military into cities. On the rare occasions when the military...
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...
Lesson in Context
By Douglas V. Gibbs As a constitutional originalist, for me context is everything when it comes to our founding...
The Happy Medium
By Douglas V. Gibbs I’ve long believed there are always three sides to every story: what he said, what she...