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Nov 7, 2016 · At worst they’re considered knuckle‐ dragging philistines who allowed their parochial concerns about states’ powers to trump the good of the nation. They’re the Pharisees of our political...
The Constitution, Trump, and the Struggles of U.S. Courts to Interpret History with Jack Rakove. Important questions regarding Trump: can he be prosecuted for criminal wrongdoing when he was serving as president, whether the two impeachment trials matter, and if Colorado’s decision to disqualify him from the state’s primary ballots is ...
Aug 9, 2021 · Fried and Harris mention the anti-Federalists, the politicians who opposed ratification of the new constitution on the ground that it made the federal government so strong that it would usurp...
- Louis Menand
Jul 30, 2019 · Recognizing that Trump has (inadvertently) activated the concerns that animated the Anti-Federalists can help to explain why his unlikely campaign and presidency won support from Republican...
Nov 21, 2023 · Trump Is Disrupting America’s Idea of What Normal Is Again In 2024, the Federalist Society isn’t even conservative enough for the GOP front-runner. By Dahlia Lithwick
- Dahlia Lithwick
Numerous Anti-Federalists specifically warned that federal courts would assume jurisdiction over most serious legal and constitutional matters, relegating state courts to insignificance. Finally, Anti-Federalists universally feared the taxing powers of the new government.
Jun 29, 2022 · The Federalist Society instead promoted an approach called “textualism” or “originalism”, which its proponents say interprets laws based on the plain meaning of their wording and the ways ...
