A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution

How the Constitution’s Framers Got It Wrong

James Madison argued that politicians' ambition would lead them to uphold the separation of powers. Today congressmembers’ ambition seems to lead them to do the exact opposite: submitting to Trump and completely bargaining away their own power.

Trump's tyranny: silencing dissent in the US

You might think I would be worried. After all, my 2015 year-in-review column was titled “Year of the Arsonist,” the arsonist being Mr. Trump. It was illustrated by a photo of the 1933 Reichstag fire. I have been no kinder since. Thus, you might wonder when I will be dragged off to a torture prison in El Salvador. Why would our bold, world-straddling ruler be concerned with an obscure scribbler such as me? He recently slighted the country of Leso…

A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution

If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.