Kevin Akalski joined Baylor University’s Political Science PhD Program in 2023. He graduated summa cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts with a double major in philosophy and political science. At Baylor, his fields of … Continue reading The Constitution’s Preamble: Wisdom for America at 250

Gary J. Schmitt is a senior fellow in Social, Cultural and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. During the First Congress’s debate in which James Madison and others defended the ideas that the president had the constitutional power to … Continue reading “Upon More Mature Reflection”: Hamilton’s About-Face on Removal in 1789

David Lewis Schaefer, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, College of Holy Cross It is widely known-or it should be-that economic progress in America, and even our nation’s military security, are seriously hampered by a surfeit of litigation and excessive bureaucratic … Continue reading Philip K. Howard, Saving Can-Do: How to Revive the Spirit of America. Garden City, NY: Rodin Books, 2025

Jacob Rodriguez is a graduate student in political science at Baylor University. In late January, Senator Mike Lee (R–Utah) suggested an unorthodox idea to address the problem of drugs and violence along the southern border: to use letters of marque … Continue reading What Does the Marque and Reprisal Clause Say about War Powers?

Jordan Cash is an Assistant Professor in James Madison College at Michigan State University. It has become something of a tradition for lame duck presidents to issue controversial pardons on their way out of office. Bill Clinton pardoned both his … Continue reading Is Hunter Biden’s Pardon Constitutional?

Joseph Natali is a graduate student in Political Science at Baylor University. On a recent episode of the popular podcast All In, venture capitalist and Trump supporter David Sacks concisely articulated a key aspect of the President Elect’s platform. “I’d … Continue reading Who’s Afraid of the Administrative State

Roger Abshire is Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University. President Biden has continued the trend of recent presidents by granting very few pardons during the working portion of his term, by which … Continue reading Alexander Hamilton says Biden Should Pardon Trump

Benjamin A. Kleinerman is the R.W. Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University. He is the Editor of The Constitutionalist. There was a recent proposal at my University to have a campus-wide event commemorating October 7.  They proposed bringing … Continue reading There are no “both sides” to October 7

David Lewis Schaefer is Professor Emeritus, Political Science at College of the Holy Cross. Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince (1527) has typically been dismissed as a how-to book on how ambitious would-be tyrants can acquire and hold power. But before succumbing … Continue reading Machiavelli’s Relevance to Israeli Foreign Policy Today