Indeed, it is a little odd that in our defense of democracy, we fall back, uncritically, on the Federalist Papers. To be candid, I have done so repeatedly in my public writing over the last few years.

So the Constitution was written with an eye toward prohibiting corruption. The Foreign Emoluments Clause specifically ...

The Big Beautiful Bill proposes devastating cuts to clean energy, climate investments, worker protections and infrastructure.

In “America Depends on Presidential Immunity” (op-ed, July 2), David Rivkin Jr. and Elizabeth Price Foley use Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist No. 70 to bolster Chief Justice John Roberts’s ...