| 单词 | framer |
| 例句 | The same obliviousness to detail was also what made her a questionable seamstress, framer, and cook. The Battle Hymn of the Papier-Mâché Mother 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z The framers were generally far more nuanced, complicated and willing to be complicated than the modern political dialogue. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z How have the framers’ views on religious freedom shaped America as a whole? God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z For Congress, Lessig notes that the framers were deeply concerned about corruption, but rarely focused on the evils of individual quid pro quos. Two Leading Intellectuals Analyze What Ails America 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Some become critics, curators, commissioners, art handlers, gallery workers, dealers, picture framers – all useful contacts for budding artists. Why art students should go to gallery openings 2013-06-26T09:01:43Z Certainly, the framers did not predict how massive the population differences will become among the states. We treat the Constitution like a religious text, with women’s bodies on the line 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Evidently, the "bulls**t" goes back to the founding of the country when the constitutional framers wrote down the words of the Bill of Rights. Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp can teach Jason Aldean a thing or two about small towns 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z This is why the framers made an allowance for anyone naturalized at the time of the Constitution’s drafting. Ted Cruz has a very real birther problem: The law is not settled — but the history is 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Republicans eager to preserve the filibuster have talked about it with such reverence that it’s easy to forget it only appeared after all of the Constitution’s framers had died. As the Georgia Runoffs Arrive, a New Book Says the Senate Is Broken 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Your dance career brought you into contact with some of the framers of American modern dance. She’s Been Writing About Dance for 55 Years. She’s Not Done Yet. 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z He knew that his role in the certification process was purely ceremonial; the framers would never have vested in one person the power to overturn an entire election. Loyal to God and Trump, Mike Pence Defends His Record 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z A 63-year-old picture framer from Warwickshire, Williams believes that her trichotillomania was triggered by the stress of her mother leaving the family home. ‘It takes a thick skin to rock a bald head’: meet the women embracing hair loss 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z They totally priced out enthusiasts – camera shops, picture framers, record shops. Treaure hunters 2010-04-16T07:42:00Z He dismissed attempts to “find legitimacy in fidelity” to the intentions of the framers as “little more than arrogance cloaked as humility.” Scalia’s shameless political agenda 2012-10-01T19:53:00Z Always an insightfully dynamic framer of images, Mr. German choreographs both important and trivial events in the foreground and background in one big danse macabre. ‘Hard to Be a God,’ Aleksei German’s Last Film 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z For Magnet, Thomas is the heroic legal champion of “the framers’ vision of free, self-governing citizens forging their own fate.” How Should We Understand Clarence Thomas? 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z He observes framers at work, listens in on talks among curators who carefully position paintings in galleries while calibrating the effect of lighting and positioning on the viewing experience. Frederick Wiseman’s Relentless Museum Talk 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z The framers of the photo fortuitously missed one minor detail. Downton Abbey's Bottle Bonanza 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z He’s the framer of stories, after all, and he’s got an alternative for this one. Lanny Davis, the ultimate Clinton loyalist, is now Michael Cohen’s lawyer. But don’t call it revenge. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Don is a picture framer; Emily teaches children with learning problems but is basically a mother. This Is Paradise by Will Eaves - review 2012-02-10T22:05:01Z The framers, and especially the vastly underrated George Washington, were very aware of the fact that religion could be a force for good and a force for evil. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z The first American naturalization law was passed by the first Congress in 1790 – a Congress that included a significant number of the framers of the United States Constitution. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z A conservation framer would treat the picture and the mound as one piece. How to copy an old photo in a convex frame She combs through the Louvre’s voluminous files, auction catalogs, art gallery and framers’ receipts, catalogues raisonnés and correspondence to track how works of art changed hands over the years. The Louvre’s Art Sleuth Is on the Hunt for Looted Paintings 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z “The framers saw we could have a president who was amoral, immoral or nuts,” says Ornstein. Is this Washington’s golden age of grift? Or politics as usual? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z The bride’s mother, who was a stay-at-home parent, works as a framer at Michaels arts and crafts store there. Nicole Ofeno, Raef Payne 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z He suggests that African-Americans have never been especially fond of the Fourth of July, for example, partly because the framers of the Declaration of Independence tolerated slavery and partly because the day could be menacing. Books of The Times: One Nation, Still Divisible by Race 2011-08-11T22:00:15Z Its meaning and legacy are, in many ways, as fiercely contested today as was the case when the framers first debated how to make America great. Were the Founders Against Slavery All Along? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Recognizing our fallen nature, the framers of the American Constitution charted a government that would “rationally manage” our inherent sinfulness. ‘Born Bad’: How the idea that we’re all sinners has shaped Western culture 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z To most South Africans, however, it is the redoubt of the Afrikaner elite, a Calvinist town whose university trained the framers of apartheid and where banking billionaires roost today. Stellenbosch Triennale, a Bold Experiment 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Through her mother Ms. Banks found a professional framer who donated his services. An Exhibition Whose Curator Is 17 2011-07-09T05:02:48Z A lot of the religious movements from the 19th century have their roots in the framers’ actions, given that there was no favored governmental religion. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z As the word “elitist” continues to undergo unfair demonization, no one dare utter that the framers of the United States Constitution were, themselves, elitists. We let the idiots take the wheel: Donald Trump, Fox News and how we let our democracy rot 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z From the beginning of the Republic the slave system was embedded in the Constitution, even if the framers declined to name it as such. How Fugitive Slaves Exposed the Idea of the ‘United’ States as a Lie 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z “Abbott Elementary” — a straight-up, joke-packed broadcast sitcom that makes a bunch of episodes a year and is actually good — is coming back on ABC in September, just as the framers of the Constitution intended. ‘Fall TV’ Is Dead. But Buzz Will Always Be With Us. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z How does the historical record compare to the way both parties portray the framers today? God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z Baked into the political system devised by our framers is an increasing bias toward geography and away from people. Why America’s Political Divisions Will Only Get Worse 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Though neither of these concepts is explicit in the document, the teenage Ms. Schreck merrily interprets them as prime examples of the framers’ brilliant modesty. Review: Can a Play Make the Constitution Great Again? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z With the floating styles, framers use spacers to create distance between the mat, the artwork and the frame itself. Picture frames: How to find the best companies and the best deals 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z They not only found unity, but developed a system of governance that functioned as an inspirational model for Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and the other Constitutional framers of the United States. How Robbie Robertson's hidden Indigenous and Jewish heritage influenced The Band's mournful songs 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z By 1983 he was in New York, working as a framer and living in the East Village while its gallery scene was booming. Where Art Meets Trash And Transforms Life 2010-10-24T05:15:00Z To elevate the look, she took the pieces to her local framer for custom frames in varying finishes, from gilt gold to polished chrome. 2010-02-08T16:41:00Z Salon spoke to Meyerson — a professor of law and a Piper & Marbury Faculty Fellow at the University of Baltimore. — about the framers of the Constitution, the upcoming elections, and religious discrimination. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z “We understand the words of Title VII differently,” Posner said, “not because we’re smarter than the statute’s framers and ratifiers but because we live in a different era, a different culture.” Don’t panic over Neil Gorsuch: The courts are the last hope for LGBT rights under Trump 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z In terms of the role of religion in government, what I’ve found is that much of the modern dialogue is trying to make the framers entirely one thing or another. God is a weapon 2012-06-21T14:00:00Z With that posthumous revelation, Wilentz argues, “the framers left room for political efforts aimed at slavery’s restriction, and eventually, its destruction, even under a Constitution that safeguarded slavery.” Were the Founders Against Slavery All Along? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Yasuo Minagawa, a framer known for working closely with several generations of exacting New York artists while always pursuing the ideal of a “perfect frame,” died on July 4 in Manhattan. Yasuo Minagawa, Framer Who Gave Art a Concrete Context, Dies at 69 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z As Chief Justice Roger B. Taney wrote in the 1857 decision, the framers of the Constitution believed that blacks “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” On a Civil Rights Trail, Essential Sites and Indelible Detours 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z Families pick the type of frame and matting and then a professional framer gets started. Their Loved Ones Died. Preserved Tattoos Offer a Way to Keep Them Close. 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z But the bookshelves and mantles and walls at her home are still littered with “framers,” those pictures of moments so memorable that each is printed and preserved inside its own physical shrine. Mother’s Day Gifts, Reframed 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z The work that reporters are doing in war zones is an extreme example of why the framers wrote the 1st Amendment. Granderson: How did Silicon Valley fall from idealism to ruthless exploitation? 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z The reason the framers paid so little attention to the role of the speaker is that they assumed everyone knew what it looked like. Blame the House, not the Constitution, for the speaker mess | Noah Feldman 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z “The framers of the 14th Amendment never intended for it to apply to the President,” he wrote. Colorado judge strikes down Trump’s attempt to toss a lawsuit seeking to bar him from the ballot 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z When interpreting the Constitution, they argued, judges and scholars should rely solely on the “original intent” of the framers or the “original public meaning” of the document’s words when they were written. We don’t talk about Leonard: The man behind the right’s Supreme Court supermajority 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z But the framers didn’t provide much guidance on how the job should work. Opinion: In the Matt Gaetz vs. Kevin McCarthy battle, the GOP's stupidity and hypocrisy is showing 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Was a nation awash in guns what the framers of the Constitution intended? Gun owners: It's time for us to stand up against the Second Amendment death culture 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z “Criminal venue was so important to the framers,” of the Constitution, he said. DeSantis Wants to ‘Remove’ Trials From D.C. Legal Experts Say It’s a Non-Starter. 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The framers considered the peaceful transfer of power fundamental to the new form of government they were devising. Trump’s Case Has Broad Implications for American Democracy 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z A formal set of ethics would also help the court address situations the Constitutional framers never imagined. The case for a code of ethics for the Supreme Court | Op-Ed 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z But Justice Derek Molter, writing for the majority on Friday, said the framers of the state constitution "left the General Assembly with legislative discretion to regulate or limit abortion." Indiana's top court allows near-total abortion ban 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Should Republicans decide to make Biden the fourth, a system of checks and balances created by the framers could face a test like never before. Threats of impeachment and censure used to be rare. In this Congress, they’re becoming routine 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, he wrote that the framers of the Constitution recognized that state legislatures “are bound by the provisions of the very documents that give them life,” meaning state constitutions. Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed American Elections 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In the newborn republic, by contrast, the framers set limits on power through four-year presidential terms renewable only by the voters. Trump’s Case Has Broad Implications for American Democracy 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Jacob said Pence never believed that the constitutional framers — with their zeal for checks and balances, and loathing of King George III’s one-man rule — would want such power in one person’s hands. Pence lawyer says Eastman's push to reject electors left him 'offended for my profession' 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z To Pence, “It did not make any constitutional sense … that the framers of our Constitution would vest authority to reject electors in one individual,” he added. Attorneys spar in case of ex-Trump adviser who devised strategy to keep former president in power 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z “I don’t think that the framers ever thought we were going to be in this situation,” Professor Levinson said. What Happens if a Presidential Candidate Is Convicted? 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z He added, quoting from the records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, that the “legislatures, the framers recognized, ‘are the mere creatures of the state constitutions, and cannot be greater than their creators.’” Supreme Court Rejects Theory That Would Have Transformed American Elections 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z “I still have great concern that we are continuing to break down this wall the framers of our Constitution insisted on having between church and state,” Johnson said. In Texas, Republicans push bills aimed at enhancing faith’s role in school 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z If we give such power to what James Madison would have called a “faction,” the entire trajectory of the country will be altered in a way that the framers of the Constitution never intended. Opinion | Failing to raise the debt ceiling will create financial chaos 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z I could go on at length about what the framers of the Constitution intended with the Second Amendment, but I won’t. Opinion | The American love affair with guns 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The two Department of Justice memos note, however, that the framers of the 25th Amendment never considered or mentioned incarceration as a basis for the inability to discharge the powers and duties of the office. "He might be in jail": Political scientist rejects GOP claims that indictment helps Trump 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Justice Department policy maintains that sitting presidents cannot be indicted, but the framers explicitly contemplated the prospect of them being charged after leaving office. A President Faces Prosecution, and a Democracy Is Tested 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z “The framers were prescient in drafting considerations that protect the environment,” said Jim Nelson, a retired judge who sat on the Montana Supreme Court for 19 years. In Montana, It’s Youth vs. the State in a Landmark Climate Case 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z “The framers gave Congress the grave duty to deliberate the questions of war and peace, but for far too long this body has abdicated this duty. We must do our job,” Mr. Roy said. Senate advances vote to repeal Bush-era war authorizations that led to Gulf War, invasion of Iraq 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z That constitutional language is a reflection of the framers’ concerns about what James Madison in Federalist Paper No. 43 called “the indispensable necessity of complete authority at the seat of government.” Opinion | D.C.’s criminal code is a setback — and a test — of home rule 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z It forced judges to start disregarding current government interests in passing modern gun control measures and had them focus instead on whether the framers of the U.S. Thanks to the Supreme Court, California gun cases hinge more on history than modern threats 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z “The framers would have been horrified at the possibility of a president ever being above the law while in office or after leaving it,” Mr. Gerhardt said. A President Faces Prosecution, and a Democracy Is Tested 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z “By printing works of others … by organizing lots of shows, by offering his services as framer and installer and adviser and promoter, he energized the art scene,” Richard added. Lou Stovall, Washington artist and master printmaker, dies at 86 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z The Constitution’s framers knew that because the 17th-century British monarch had had substantial sources of revenue independent of Parliament, he was uncontrollable. Opinion | The Supreme Court finally gets a shot at Biden’s student-loan lawlessness 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z No wonder the framers of our Constitution wanted the new seat of our federal government to be free from the influence of any one state. Making D.C. a state requires a constitutional amendment 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The failure of the framers to recognize the problem of domestic violence or the related danger of allowing abusers access to guns should not be permitted to prevent public protection from gun violence today. Phony constitutional "originalism" is likely to kill women after Second Amendment decision 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Impeachment is a constitutionally defined process, and if the framers had wanted it to be revocable, they would have provided for that. From Bush to Trump to Jan. 6: The rise and fall of "constitutional conservatism" 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution earlier wrote constitutions for the 13 colonies that became the first states. Do Abortion Rights Hang On State Constitutions? 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Knudsen said the framers of Montana’s 1972 Constitution did not include the right to an elective abortion in the document and he argues the issue should be left to the Legislature. Montana lawmaker seeks to overturn abortion ruling 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Congressional oversight over the seat of our federal government — the District of Columbia — is exactly what our framers envisioned. Making D.C. a state requires a constitutional amendment 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The framers of our Constitution learned from England's political past the importance of a strong legislature as a bulwark against the unconstrained power of a king. The danger to democracy revealed by dysfunction in the House 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Raskin cited Thomas Jefferson, saying that he deplored the reverence with which some people look at the original handiwork of the framers when they should be looking to their own experience. Jamie Raskin calls to change Electoral College to national popular vote 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Because some state constitutions were written more than a century ago, courts are deciding whether to view them through the eyes of their framers, or in a present-day context. Do Abortion Rights Hang On State Constitutions? 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z He has argued that history shows the framers codified their natural-law philosophy in references protecting citizens’ “privileges” and “immunities.” For John Eastman and Clarence Thomas, an intellectual kinship stretching back decades 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Lipinski argued that the framers’ intentions have been foiled over time: Real lawmaking is now done by House leaders and under the auspices of the House speaker. Opinion | The Freedom Caucus is restoring the framers’ objectives 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z In the tension between two strong branches, the framers understood, lies both freedom and stability for a citizenry. The danger to democracy revealed by dysfunction in the House 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z If it’s the first time you’ve used a particular framer, start with something small and see how they do before having them work on a big piece. Custom framing can be expensive. Here’s how to save. 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Here’s the issue: Congress — especially the House — largely fails to function as the framers intended. Opinion | How right-wing Republicans could bolster our democracy 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z At first blush, the lawsuit would seem to face dim prospects before a Supreme Court whose majority believes the Constitution must be true to the intent of the framers. Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Far-Reaching Elections Case 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z And it might even give you some grudging respect for members of the Freedom Caucus as they attempt to restore the framers' original objective. Opinion | The Freedom Caucus is restoring the framers’ objectives 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z The Ninth Amendment also captures a deeper insight: It would have taken impossible foresight for the framers to list every conceivable right the people would regard as fundamental. Perspective | After the Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling, What Could Happen to Other Unwritten Rights? Decide how much you want to spend and communicate your budget up front to help the framer choose products and techniques. Custom framing can be expensive. Here’s how to save. 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z More broadly, there is no evidence that the framers of the Constitution intended for Americans to take up arms during civic debate among themselves — or to intimidate those with differing opinions. At Protests, Guns Are Doing the Talking 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution wanted an independent judiciary — strong enough to resist corruption as well as the influence of public opinion. The case for Supreme Court term limits just got better 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z The framers of the 1901 constitution were direct about their goal to maintain a government controlled by whites. Voters can erase racist wording in Alabama Constitution 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z “Indeed, the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment were the originators of affirmative action and race-consciousness is baked into the text and history of the Fourteenth Amendment,” Mr. Gans said in an email. Supreme Court faces chance to settle racial preferences in school admissions 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “Any good framer will see art, know how it should be framed and can help you with pricing,” Steinberg says. Custom framing can be expensive. Here’s how to save. 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Although the endurance of the political system is a tribute to the framers of the constitution, it’s abundantly clear that not all is well. Citizens’ Assemblies Are Upgrading Democracy: Fair Algorithms Are Part of the Program 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The weak-governor structure was created by the framers in 1876 who believed that Edmund Jackson Davis, a former Union general who led Texas following the Civil War, abused his powers as governor. Greg Abbott’s power grab: Republican overrides officials — and judges — to push Texas further right 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z As former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy famously explained, the framers of the U.S. Fights between U.S. States and the National Government Are Endangering Public Health 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Some scholars conclude that the framers wanted a race-blind approach, while others say the framers envisioned the government taking proactive steps to equalize races — or what we now call affirmative action. Supreme Court faces chance to settle racial preferences in school admissions 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Using a professional framer is an investment in your art. Custom framing can be expensive. Here’s how to save. 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution shared his concern that foreign payments could harm American interests. ‘Father of American Navy’ helmed Russian ship for Catherine the Great “We live in a divided country,” she said, “and the Balkanization that the framers were concerned about is surely present today.” Supreme Court Wrestles With Case on Pigs, Cruelty and Commerce 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Justice Kagan discussed originalism at her own confirmation hearings, in 2010, saying that the framers of the Constitution had different goals in different parts of the document. Justice Jackson Joins the Supreme Court, and the Debate Over Originalism 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z “The framers adopted the 14th and 15th Amendments in a race conscious way,” because people had been discriminated against because of their race. Supreme Court's liberals mount defense of Voting Rights Act, but outcome of challenge is unclear 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z “A professional framer or designer can be very helpful for providing recommendations on the most cost-effective way to display an item while still creating a great design.” Custom framing can be expensive. Here’s how to save. 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Some of the framers had received lavish gifts from foreign states. ‘Father of American Navy’ helmed Russian ship for Catherine the Great "The framers left no rules," wrote Feingold in his new book, The Constitution in Jeopardy. “Closer than most people realize”: Alarm over GOP plot to “drastically change the Constitution” 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z In other provisions, she said, the framers “knew that they were writing for the ages” and so “wrote in broad terms and in what you might call vague terms.” Justice Jackson Joins the Supreme Court, and the Debate Over Originalism 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Its framers wrote broad, even vague, statements of protection such as "due process of law" or "equal protection of the laws" in order to account for a changing world, Kagan said. U.S. Supreme Court risks its legitimacy by looking political, Justice Kagan says 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Professional framers are particularly helpful at walking customers through the various types of “glass,” including the real deal and acrylic options. Custom framing can be expensive. Here’s how to save. 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z There's considerable evidence that the same was true of the Constitution written in Philadelphia 235 years ago as well, but none of the framers are still around to confirm that. How Justice Scalia created chaos: "Originalism" is just right-wing ideology in disguise 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z After the depredations of World War II, framers of the country’s postwar order initially envisioned Germany having no military at all. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is jolting Germany into rebuilding its military 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z “The framers left no rules. In this uncertainty lies great danger and, possibly, great power.” A Second Constitutional Convention? Some Republicans Want to Force One 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z On the other hand, the framers of the Constitution devised – for better or worse – a geographically focused system of elections and representation. Dr. Oz should be worried – voters punish "carpetbaggers," and new research shows why 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z It is tempting to think of the framers of the Constitution as a group of like-minded men aligned in their lofty thinking regarding rights and freedoms. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Some scholars have persuasively argued that the framers of the Constitution didn't believe in originalism, and therefore if one is to follow the framers' intent or the original understanding, one has to abandon originalism. How Justice Scalia created chaos: "Originalism" is just right-wing ideology in disguise 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z It is no knock on the framers to acknowledge that they didn’t produce a document that fully addresses our 21st century problems. Column: Hate the Supreme Court? Our problems actually start with the Constitution 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z In a joint opinion in the abortion case, they wrote that “the framers defined rights in general terms, to permit future evolution in their scope and meaning.” A Transformative Term at the Most Conservative Supreme Court in Nearly a Century 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Trump and his fascist insurgency represent exactly the type of authoritarian force that the framers rejected. "King Trump" dreams of a glorious return: It seems preposterous, but we laugh at our peril 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z The struggle to have rights clearly delineated and the decision of the framers to omit a bill of rights from the Constitution nearly derailed the ratification process. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The justices couldn't come to a decision and asked for re-argument, focusing on the intent of the framers with regard to segregation. How Justice Scalia created chaos: "Originalism" is just right-wing ideology in disguise 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The dissenters said the framers of the Constitution rejected the idea of fixing meanings to “the specific practices existing at the time.” Court rolls back precedent, experimentation in rulings on abortion and guns 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Indeed, it treats the second, public safety, as irrelevant to the framers: This concern was unnecessary to consider because the first concern, self-defense, was sufficient justification for the amendment. Opinion | The Supreme Court’s gun ruling is a serious misfire 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z With those 15 simple and unambiguous words, the framers of the Constitution – and those state legislatures that ratified them – made clear that they believed in and had created a unitary executive. Independent agencies like CFPB and FERC are unconstitutional 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z To satisfy the concerns of those who feared an overly strong central government, the framers of the Constitution created a system with separation of powers and checks and balances. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z In 1787, the framers wouldn't have thought of the need to have an Environmental Protection Agency to deal with the problem of pollution or greenhouse gas emissions. How Justice Scalia created chaos: "Originalism" is just right-wing ideology in disguise 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z It’s true that the framers of the Constitution associated the word “democracy” with mob rule. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: The battle of the sexes wages on 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Attorney Alex Kolodin pointed to several clauses in the Arizona Constitution that he says, taken together, prove that the framers intended to ban mail ballots. Arizona judge declines GOP request to block mail voting 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z But the amendment’s framers deliberately chose the broad term “persons” to empower Congress to protect any human being who might be denied due process or equal protection on any ground. Opinion | Even if Roe is overturned, Congress must act to protect the unborn 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z To allay their anxieties, the framers promised that a Bill of Rights safeguarding individual liberties would be added following ratification. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z “It was intended by the framers to be a political process, and I don’t think you’ll ever be able to take the politics out of it.” Redistricting Nationwide Nears Finale With Florida Court Ruling 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z After all, as Maureen Dowd reminds us, the doctrine to which the justices in the court’s conservative majority, all of whom were raised Catholic, is responsive may not be the framers’ but the bishops’. Opinion | Abortion Questions for Justice Alito and His Supreme Court Allies 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z “But then remodelers would come along and say, ‘Oh, here’s some trained electricians and framers, let’s go get them.’” What Higher Interest Rates Could Mean for Jobs 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z For one thing, the framers of the Constitution basically said nothing about the Supreme Court's mission, describing it simply as "one supreme Court." Did the Supreme Court just become "political"? God, no — it's always been that way 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z What is more, the revolutionaries, and the eventual framers of the Constitution, wanted to keep the best features of English law as well. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z In laying out principles of freedom and free governance the world had not yet seen or conceived, the framers of the U.S. Ron DeSantis tramples the First Amendment: GOP's Disney payback is clearly unconstitutional 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution ensconced freedom of the press in the First Amendment as a way to achieve, promote and protect a democratic process. Media gets it wrong on Elon Musk and Twitter: The issue is oligarchy, not "free speech" 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Almost all the framers of our government were Deists. Stealth school board candidates are everywhere: But "Stop the Steal" isn't working for them 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z “And that was in the framers’ mind, though not the music.” Supreme Court examines war powers in reservist’s discrimination case 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the framers settled on a system in which power would be shared: The national government had its core duties, the state governments had their duties, and other duties were shared equally between them. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Yet the framers of the Constitution had not anticipated that popular votes or political parties would choose the president. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z What did the framers have in mind about for could vote in the early days of this country? Elie Mystal: Our Constitution is "actually trash" — but the Supreme Court can be fixed 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z This, for many conservatives, is an affirmation of the rights of states, one that proves the intent of the framers to protect the authority of state governments. Opinion | The Whole Point of the Constitution Was to Weaken the States 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The framers expected “We the People” to carry the burden of defending constitutional democracy. Review | How to use the Constitution to rein in American oligarchs and save democracy 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Constitution clearly allocated more power to the federal government than had been the case under the Articles of Confederation, the framers still respected the important role of the states in the new government. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Because the framers had been focused on creating the federal government, the Constitution did not focus on individual rights. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The framers did not think that the right to vote, or even citizenship in the country, flowed down from the federal government. Elie Mystal: Our Constitution is "actually trash" — but the Supreme Court can be fixed 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Ancient Greece and Rome were strong influences on the framers of the U.S. system of government. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Accordingly, the framers inserted a clause forever prohibiting titles of nobility in the new nation. Review | How to use the Constitution to rein in American oligarchs and save democracy 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution, however, clearly intended that Congress would be the cornerstone of the new republic. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Now the framers would list the rights each person was entitled to. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no federal right to vote because all voting was done at the state level, in the conception of the framers. Elie Mystal: Our Constitution is "actually trash" — but the Supreme Court can be fixed 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Surely the 14th Amendment’s framers did not mean to make Jefferson Davis ineligible for the Mississippi state legislature but eligible for the presidency of the United States. Opinion | How Congress can keep Trump and other insurrectionists out of public office 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Except that the framers had no way of anticipating that a novel form of oligarchy would soon emerge to challenge constitutional democracies: moneyed aristocracies ruling by virtue not of formal titles but of concentrated wealth. Review | How to use the Constitution to rein in American oligarchs and save democracy 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The general assumption is that these powers were deemed so essential to any functioning government that the framers saw no need to spell them out. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The framers wanted to make it clear that all citizens must obey the law, but are protected from misuse of power by the government. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That was nearly 25 percent of the updates to the Constitution, because the framers didn't give it much thought. Elie Mystal: Our Constitution is "actually trash" — but the Supreme Court can be fixed 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The framers feared "the tyranny of the majority." The center cannot hold: Manchin and Sinema are wrecking America — here's how to beat them 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z “A president shouting that 52 senators and millions of Americans are racist unless he gets whatever he wants is proving exactly why the framers built the Senate to check his power. “ Dems switch strategy on voting bill as Biden pushes action 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z This evolution has resulted from attempts to correct the cumbersome procedures first offered by the framers of the Constitution and as a result of political parties’ rising power to act as gatekeepers to the presidency. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The framers, or authors, of the Constitution wished to limit the power of government in other ways. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "A president shouting that 52 senators and millions of Americans are racist unless he gets whatever he wants is proving exactly why the framers built the Senate to check his power." Republican McConnell slams Biden voting rights speech as 'unpresidential' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The framers feared 'the tyranny of the majority.' Perspective | Five myths about the filibuster 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z And when you understand the background of the Guarantee Clause, the urgency and the consistency of the Right to Vote Act with the framers' vision about the possibility of this political moment is unmistakable: Will Congress use its unused 232-year-old power — just in time to save our republic? 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z That said, the framers were consistent in wanting checks and balances sprinkled throughout the Constitution, including in the area of foreign policy and war powers. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Eighty-five essays outlined why the framers of the Constitution made the decisions they did. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After India’s independence from Britain, Christian leaders helped persuade the framers of India’s Constitution to include protections for religious freedom, even as Hindu nationalists kept trying to pass anti-conversion laws. Arrests, Beatings and Secret Prayers: Inside the Persecution of India’s Christians 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Filibuster proponents often argue that the Constitution’s framers intended to obstruct decisions by simple majorities. Perspective | Five myths about the filibuster 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution assumed we would do that regularly, but we have now failed to do so for more than a century. Opinion | One way to reform the House of Representatives? Expand it. 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Fearful of replacing one oppressive national government with another, however, the framers of the Articles of Confederation created an alliance of sovereign states held together by a weak central government. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The phrases “domestic tranquility,” “provide for the common defense,” and “promote the general welfare” reflect the framers’ desire to ensure safety from foreign threats, protection by armed forces, and the well-being of citizens. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But the framers were very worried that there would be certain forms of government that would just be incompatible with each other, and that the country would fall apart. The "Guarantee Clause": Could this one weird trick save American democracy? 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z But other than the explicit constitutional requirements for supermajorities, such as to approve treaties, the framers were foursquare for majority votes. Perspective | Five myths about the filibuster 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z But the more earnest participants started seeing parallels between crypto culture — a world full of outsiders, iconoclasts and radical governance experiments — and the values of the Constitution’s original framers. They Love Crypto. They’re Trying to Buy the Constitution. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z In seeking not to replay the problems that plagued the young country under the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution’s framers granted Congress specific powers that ensured its authority over national and foreign affairs. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The framers carefully crafted certain parts of the Constitution to encourage a robust economy and to protect the country in lean times. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The senators say the right to “bear” as well as “keep” arms means that the amendment’s framers meant the right to apply “both at home and out in the world.” Opinion | Now the Supreme Court will decide what it means to ‘bear’ arms 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution would not have been surprised by the recent failure in Afghanistan. Wars like Vietnam, Afghanistan bound to fail without congressional sign-off 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z “As long as Senate Democrats remain fixated on their radical agenda, this body will continue to do the job the framers assigned it and stop terrible ideas in their tracks.” Democrats Search for Path on Voting Rights Amid Republican Blockade 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z However, the first eight amendments are largely silent on the status of traditional common law, which was the legal basis for many of the natural rights claimed by the framers in the Declaration of Independence. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Although the framers of the Constitution did not follow Abigail’s advice, she continued to speak and write for the rights of women. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, the framers were crafting a chief executive whose power was limited in tenure, unlike the British monarch. Opinion | The fight between Biden and Trump over executive privilege should be decided in favor of the sitting president 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Wrote Dave: “Obviously one of the framers was not into the job.” Perspective | It’s not a matter of if. The walls in these houses do talk, through hidden messages. 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z “It’s very likely it will be found unconstitutional. The framers, the drafters themselves understood that … they have set a line well below existing case law for banning abortions,” he said. Fighting Texas abortion law could be tough for federal gov’t 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Journalists were neither invited to watch the drafting, nor did the framers talk to the press about their disagreements and decisions. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z At the end of the Constitutional Convention, the framers were deeply divided. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The framers of the 1901 Constitution made clear their intent was to maintain a government controlled by whites. Alabama lawmakers purging racist language from constitution 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Among workers in short supply are framers, who build, install and maintain foundations, floors and door and window frames; carpenters; electricians; plumbers; and heating and air-conditioning specialists. Shortages of supplies and workers will delay Gulf rebuilding 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z That is certainly not what the framers had in mind with the presidency. Laurence Tribe: If Garland doesn't prosecute Trump, the rule of law is "out the window" 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z One of the reasons the framers of the U.S. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The framers assumed that each branch of government would maintain the separation of powers by jealously guarding its authority from encroachments by the others. Opinion | This Is No Way to Rule a Country 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z It places more emphasis on the “framers of our nation’s constitution,” and references Noem’s effort to create a state history and civics curriculum for K-12 students. Indigenous history, culture cut from South Dakota standards 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Our system of dual sovereignty was at once a genius inspiration of our Constitution’s framers and a necessary expedient for its enactment. Federalism: A cure for what ails the U.S 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z At the time of the adoption of the 14th Amendment, its framers sought to use the Fifth Amendment to protect property rights against state governments. Government’s power to seize private property must be reined in 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Why do you believe the constitution’s framers chose lifetime terms? American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z “When the framers introduced freedom of the press, they introduced the need to describe what the press was,” Johnson said, “and we will deal with that constantly throughout our lives.” Washington court decides who’s a journalist, for now 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z “The framers of the Constitution built plenty of checks and balances into our system and they didn’t think we needed a filibuster — it’s a complete invention of the U.S. Senate,” Van Hollen said. Democrats grapple with the enemy within: What to do about the filibuster rule that could kill their agenda 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z After teaching himself the craft and spending $100,000 on a joiner and cutters over the years, he has become a skilled framer. ‘We Always Rise.’ A Black-Owned Bookstore Navigates the Pandemic 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z He played at least 82 games every season from 2013-19 and was regarded as one of the game’s top pitch framers. Veteran catcher Tyler Flowers retires at age of 35 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Constitution, the framers were aware that individuals would band together in an attempt to use government in their favor. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Among the college’s founders and early trustees were framers of the Constitution and signers of the Declaration of Independence. College of Charleston celebrates 250th anniversary 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z These rights pertain to criminal trials rather than civil matters, but the framers’ philosophical embrace of everyone’s right to a day in court is clear. Column: AT&T's new arbitration clause isn't doing you any favors 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Milwaukee also returns Omar Narváez, who was regarded as a suspect defensive catcher when the Brewers acquired him but emerged as one of the game’s top pitch framers last season. Brewers relying on offseason fielding upgrades to pay off 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Justice Not Politics, a nonpartisan group advocating merit-based selection of judges, said in a statement that the bill was “the opposite of what the framers of our constitution intended.” Alaska bill would change judicial selection system 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The framers intended there to be a complex and difficult process for legislation to become law. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Raskin said Congress’s impeachment powers were precisely structured to hold accountable leaders such as Trump, who Raskin said “may not know a lot about the framers, but they certainly knew a lot about him.” Senate votes to pursue Trump impeachment trial after declaring the proceedings constitutional 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z “While the framers very clearly envisaged the occasional necessity of initiating impeachment proceedings, they put in place only a very general framework to guide future action,” according to the Senate Historical Office. An explainer: The debate over whether the Senate can hear Trump’s impeachment 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z “The framers of the Constitution feared a president who would corrupt his office by sparing ‘no efforts or means whatever to get himself re-elected,’” the nine impeachment managers wrote in a filing last week. First Up at Trump’s Impeachment: Can a Former President Stand Trial? 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution intended for the impeachment power to sanction current or former officials for acts committed while in office — with no “January exception,” Democrats wrote. Takeaways from legal filings for Trump’s impeachment trial 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The method the framers designed required two steps and both chambers of the Congress. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The ruling noted that setting rates was a power granted by the state constitution when the framers created the commission but other authority it held was only with the permission of the Legislature. GOP lawmakers fast-tracking bill blocking energy standards 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z But other leading constitutional scholars say that view is backward, and a trial of a former official — particularly one who just left office — is entirely consistent with the framers’ intentions to hold public officials accountable. Republicans Rally Against Impeachment Trial, Signaling Likely Acquittal for Trump 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution knew we would need checks and balances on personal greed and lust for power; James Madison argued in Federalist 51 that “ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” Opinion | If the Senate doesn’t convict Trump, here’s how to discourage him from running again 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z He is seven years younger than Suzuki and considered a better “framer,” according to advanced statistics. Why Kurt Suzuki isn't a post-James McCann consolation prize for Angels 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z The framers resolved this problem through a separation of powers, dividing the national government into three separate branches and assigning different responsibilities to each one, as shown in Figure 2.9. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The commission was created by the framers of the Arizona Constitution to oversee public benefit corporations, such as water and power providers, that are awarded a monopoly over their territories. Arizona renewable energy standards targeted by GOP lawmakers 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z “The framers did not design the Constitution’s checks and balances to be so easily undermined. History supports a reading of the Constitution that allows Congress to impeach, try, convict and disqualify former officers.” Republicans Rally Against Impeachment Trial, Signaling Likely Acquittal for Trump 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z One particular British impeachment featured prominently in the framers’ conception of the power: that of the former colonial governor of India, Warren Hastings. Opinion | The Senate can constitutionally hold an impeachment trial after Trump leaves office 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z When you look at the day that exception was put into the Constitution, it's unclear what was going on in the minds of the framers. Trump has been impeached (again) with a week to go: What the hell happens now? 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Kalt and other scholars argue that the framers did not intend impeachment to be restricted to criminal behavior. Here’s how scholars interpret ‘treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors’ 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z They argue the framers would have never wanted a small federal jurisdiction surrounded by a single state, which is the current solution prescribed by statehood advocates. Could D.C. become a state? Explaining the hurdles to statehood. 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Nothing would have horrified the framers of the Constitution more than a president inciting an attack against his own Congress. Perspective | The riot happened because the Senate acquitted Trump 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z “The existence of the filibuster remains important to ensuring the balanced government the framers envisioned.” Perspective | Biden loves the Senate. It won’t love him back. 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Look at what the need to protect slavery did to the framers and the Constitution. Can we save democracy from the two-party system? 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z The framers did not define “high crimes and misdemeanors,” but they did offer a few examples. Here’s how scholars interpret ‘treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors’ 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Most of the framers agreed with Hamilton and subsequently voted down a competing last-minute proposal to deny the president the ability to grant pardons in cases of treason. The contentious history of U.S. presidential pardons—from the Whiskey Rebellion to Watergate 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z He noted that the framers of the U.S. constitution sought to stop U.S. officials from “enriching themselves” while in office by banning gifts and payments from foreign powers. Federal judge in Iowa ridicules Trump’s pardons 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Some framers of the Constitution worried about just such a scenario. For a Defeated President, Pardons as an Expression of Grievance 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z They reflect the foresight of our country’s framers who created a document that guides and shapes our lives in every recess of our collective social, political, cultural, and economic experience. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z But a Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention, George Mason, argued this was too restrictive, and ultimately the framers settled on adding “or other high crimes and misdemeanors” to the text. Here’s how scholars interpret ‘treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors’ 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The Constitution’s pardon provisions are extremely broad, but there are other places in the document to glean the framers’ thinking. Potential Trump self-pardon on shaky legal ground as left-leaning prosecutors loom 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z “Accepting Texas’ view,” the brief said, “would do violence to the Constitution and the framers’ vision, and would plunge this court into ‘one of the most intensely partisan aspects of American political life.’ In blistering retort, battleground states tell Texas to butt out of election 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Americans view the the US Constitution and its framers with a reverence that is almost religious, as if it were a stone tablet delivered by Moses descending from Mt. The U.S. Constitution is hopelessly outdated. It’s time to re-envision it 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z “But the framers made a clear choice: They reserved to all Americans the right to bear arms for self-defense.” Justice Barrett’s Vote Could Tilt the Supreme Court on Gun Rights 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Treason is such a serious charge that the framers took pains to define it in the Constitution. Here’s how scholars interpret ‘treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors’ 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z “If you look at the debates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, it is pretty clear the framers didn’t think the self-pardon was possible.” Potential Trump self-pardon on shaky legal ground as left-leaning prosecutors loom 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z President Trump was able to bulldoze through too many checks and balances, but with the judiciary, the framers’ design proved up to the task. Be thankful for the independent judiciary 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z That means, in essence, they’re exploiting federalism, the genius of the framers, for personal power. Tyrannical governors are giving the Tenth Amendment a bad name 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z He called the move a “corruption” of what the framers intended in giving the president broad pardon powers. Trump pardons former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z But some scholars have argued the framers had a broader understanding of bribery as an official taking or offering “an undue reward to influence his behavior in his office.” Here’s how scholars interpret ‘treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors’ 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Barr’s view of the unitary executive may be extreme, but there is little dispute that the framers intended to invest the president with nearly unquestioned authority on matters of national security and foreign diplomacy. Can America Restore the Rule of Law Without Prosecuting Trump? 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z The framers from the big states, like Virginia’s James Madison, fought the idea furiously, but in the end, the Vermonts and Delawares had their way. Perspective | Yes, the Senate is rigged for small states. But not for Republicans. 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution had a general idea of the type of people who would be president and how those people would act. Trump dramatically changed the presidency. Here’s a list of the 20 most important norms he broke — and how Biden can restore them 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z The numbers say Barnes is a better pitch framer than Smith — and one of the best in baseball. Dodgers vs. Rays lineups: Austin Barnes to start in Game 6 of World Series 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z If I were to try to play "textualist" myself, I would find it notable that the framers capitalized "Militia" in the amendment. Amy Coney Barrett and the Second Amendment: Why her "expansive view" is utter BS 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z One reason the framers opted for a president over a governing council was to facilitate accountability — to ensure that a single, identifiable person could be held responsible for the conduct of the government. Can America Restore the Rule of Law Without Prosecuting Trump? 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Surely, though, the framers could not have imagined how large the disparities among the states would grow. Perspective | Yes, the Senate is rigged for small states. But not for Republicans. 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z The framers never worried about its future judicial interpretation, nor would they have thought of themselves as “originalists.” Perspective | The framers of the Constitution didn’t worry about ‘originalism’ 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Breyer indicated that the originalist approach risked getting bogged down in historical details and, in doing so, betray the basic principles advocated by the framers of the Constitution. FLASHBACK: Justices Scalia and Breyer spar over Constitutional originalism 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z In this view, it is the intention of the framers that matters, and societal shifts over the centuries should never be considered in rendering an opinion. Amy Coney Barrett supreme court nomination hearings begin in Washington – live 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z But the framers could foresee circumstances – namely, a fragmented race between little-known politicians – where no presidential candidate would secure an Electoral College majority. How Congress could decide the 2020 election 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z The treaty framers on both sides of the border added this provision because they knew they couldn’t predict how power markets would evolve. Economic, climate crisis demand new Columbia River Treaty with Canada 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Understanding what the “establishment of religion” invoked in the First Amendment meant to its framers requires examining the complex ways in which the states had supported the existing denominations of a very Protestant America. Perspective | The framers of the Constitution didn’t worry about ‘originalism’ 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z His greatest strengths are on defense, though, where he’s considered an excellent pitch framer with strong intangible qualities. Yanks to start C Higashioka, sit Sánchez in wild-card opener 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z “Let’s not deal with the fact that many of the framers were slaveholders.” Trump alleges ‘left-wing indoctrination’ in schools, says he will create commission to push more ‘pro-American’ history 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z The best bet for American democracy, history shows, is a clear and decisive victory in the Electoral College, as the framers intended. How Congress could decide the 2020 election 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z Answer: That’s how the framers of the Constitution set it up. Vision 2020: Electoral college vs popular vote in America 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The Alaska Supreme Court, in its decision, said subject-to-appropriation bonds are “contrary to the plain text of the Alaska Constitution and the framers’ intent.” Alaska Supreme Court rules bonding plan is unconstitutional 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z “Kyle’s easy to communicate with, really creative thinker, good pitch framer, good pitch caller,” Cole said. Yanks to start C Higashioka, sit Sánchez in wild-card opener 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution denied police power to the national government. Robert Reich: Trump’s "law and order" campaign is a distraction 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z Generally, the framers sought to avoid congressional involvement in presidential elections. How Congress could decide the 2020 election 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z So, the framers of the constitution created the electoral college, with each state choosing electors. How you can be US president without winning most votes 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z In his book, Mr. Yoo says Mr. Trump is fighting to restore the powers of the presidency to an extent that the framers of the Constitution would have approved. Trump uses Supreme Court’s ruling on Obama-era policy as backing for executive orders 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z The July 6 decision removed one of the two reasons why the framers of the U.S. Electoral College benefits whiter states, study shows 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z In this economic climate, plenty of framers are looking for a job. Want it? Seattle’s last poster shop is struggling, but those images and memories burn bright 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z Some framers of the Constitution seemed to contemplate that electors would use independent judgment, the Supreme Court has said. States May Curb ‘Faithless Electors,’ Supreme Court Rules 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z House Republicans argued that making the District a state was not the intent of the Constitution’s framers and that it’s a partisan attempt to get two additional Democratic senators. House passes bill to make D.C. the 51st state 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Hoyer, worried Republicans might veto the legislation given the district’s liberal bent, said the constitutional framers did not think “states would be admitted on their politics.” Pelosi says DC statehood bill would right a 'grave injustice' 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z For decades, he had worked as a picture framer and cared for his elderly parents. Taipei's homeless are few but desperate 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The framers could not decide whether the choice of a president should be made by Congress or the states. Supreme Court to decide the future of the Electoral College 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z “Whether by choice or accident, the framers did not reduce their thoughts about electors’ discretion to the printed page.” States May Curb ‘Faithless Electors,’ Supreme Court Rules 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z As the framers designed the office in the summer of 1787, they picked George Washington to preside. Opinion | The ultimate test of presidential character is restraint 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Mary York, a private law firm attorney representing the Legislature, said the framers of the state Constitution intended to consolidate the superintendent of public instruction’s duties with the then-newly created board of education. Idaho Supreme Court considers State Superintendent lawsuit 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z In perhaps the weirdest scene, Wintour scribbles a thank you note to Talley and he sends it to his framer so he can treasure it for ever. André Leon Talley: 'My story is a fairytale, and in every fairytale there is evil and darkness' 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z The supporters of faithless electors are taking a position grounded in the intent of the framers, the usually conservative theory known as originalism. Supreme Court to decide the future of the Electoral College 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z “Even assuming other framers shared that outlook, it would not be enough,” she wrote. States May Curb ‘Faithless Electors,’ Supreme Court Rules 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z When the framers of the constitution weighed how the nation’s chief executive should be chosen, they worried that ordinary voters in a national election would prove incapable of making an informed choice about the candidates. Could 'rogue electors' tilt the balance of the US election? | Lawrence Douglas 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z The arguments explored the original understanding of the framers of the Constitution, historical practice and contemporary expectations. Supreme Court Seems Ready to Curb ‘Faithless Electors’ 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims that the original draft of the relief legislation cost $4 trillion but was reduced when the framers decided to narrow its scope. Democrats propose $3 trillion relief bill — here's what's in it 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z President Donald Trump recently attempted to explain the complex relationship between the federal government and the states, as outlined by the framers in 1787. Trump versus the states: How federalism has impacted the coronavirus response 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z On the Space Coast in Titusville, Florida, painter and framer Jeff Thamert says he’s seeing “zero foot traffic” at Downtown Art Gallery, where he showcases the work of 20 local painters, artists and artisans. Artists fight to stay afloat while coronavirus tears across U.S. 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z So the framers settled on an electoral college, to be composed of persons of higher political standing, capable of exercising informed choice and reasoned deliberation. Could 'rogue electors' tilt the balance of the US election? | Lawrence Douglas 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z We need to lash the framers’ arguments about the need for a free press to the president’s unrelenting Twitter attacks on the media, specific reporters and provable truth. Review | Defending the rule of law in the Trump era 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Why did the framers give such wide pardon power, knowing that the Crown had abused that? Dan Abrams: How John Adams' toughest case changed legal history 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z One of the most difficult tasks facing the framers when they drafted the Constitution was the proper distribution of power. Trump versus the states: How federalism has impacted the coronavirus response 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Some framers of the Constitution were concerned about giving the federal government too much power, so the 10th Amendment reserves to the states any powers not specifically delegated to the federal government in the U.S. If I get sick with coronavirus, can Donald Trump make me stay home? 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z We have serious doubts that the framers of Pennsylvania’s constitution intended the legislative privilege clause to be an excuse for hiding relevant information from taxpayers. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z I believe it is not the failure of the framers. Former Bush White House lawyer Richard Painter: "Trump will grab as much power as he possibly can" 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Nehru, Ambedkar and the other framers of India’s constitution engineered the country to be a liberal, secular democracy. How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The framers' solution to this problem was to grant the national government authority to regulate citizens but not to regulate the states themselves. Trump versus the states: How federalism has impacted the coronavirus response 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z I urge more senators to join this bipartisan legislation to overcome a predicted veto and reclaim the authority placed in their hands by the framers of the Constitution. Opinion | Senators, reclaim your authority on war 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z First, the overriding goal of the framers of the Constitution was to give states authority over the selection of electors. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Is this a failure of the Constitution and the framers? Former Bush White House lawyer Richard Painter: "Trump will grab as much power as he possibly can" 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Consecutive weekends might include a quick trip to the framer, along with other essential errands: laundry, parents, balsamic, framer. Letter of Recommendation: Framing 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z So if America's response to the coronavirus crisis will likely remain piecemeal and state-specific, perhaps this is what the framers intended. Trump versus the states: How federalism has impacted the coronavirus response 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z But impeachment has forced Americans to confront it — a question, it turns out, that was central to the framers’ decision to include impeachment in our Constitution. Opinion | This Will Come Back to Haunt Trump and His Enablers 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z As a public ritual, is Trump's impeachment fulfilling its function as intended by the Constitution and the framers? Impeachment, the Constitution and Donald Trump: Scholar William Howell on America after acquittal 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution certainly had their failures, most notably their approach to slavery, which caused the Civil War. Former Bush White House lawyer Richard Painter: "Trump will grab as much power as he possibly can" 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Piece by piece, my framer has become intimate with me: my choosiness, my fondnesses, my dumb, entirely sincere urge to create remarkability. Letter of Recommendation: Framing 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The framers recognized the importance of national government in times of crisis. Trump versus the states: How federalism has impacted the coronavirus response 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z “When the framers wrote the constitution, they didn’t think someone like me would serve as a United States senator,” said Democrat Kamala Harris of California, who is the first senator of Indian or Jamaican ancestry. Donald Trump acquitted on both articles in Senate impeachment trial 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “The impeachment power exists for a reason. It is no nullity, but invoking it on a partisan whim to settle three-year-old political scores…it insults the framers’ design,” he said. Mitch McConnell calls for an end to House Democrats ‘nonsense impeachment’ 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z “I don’t think it’s the kind of inappropriate action that the framers would expect the Senate to substitute its judgment for the people in picking a president,” he said on Sunday. Republicans’ Emerging Defense: Trump’s Actions Were Bad, but Not Impeachable 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z The relationship with my framer exists beyond plain transaction. Letter of Recommendation: Framing 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z I don't think it's the kind of inappropriate action that the framers would expect the Senate to substitute its judgment for the people in picking a president.” GOP senator says Trump was 'wrong' to withhold Ukraine aid, but action was 'long way from treason' 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z “The framers did not mean that this political process was to be a partisan process,” Mr. Biden wrote, according to the president’s legal team. Joe Biden opposed witnesses in 1999 impeachment memo 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Instead, Dershowitz asserted the Senate should not be in the business of removing elected presidents based on nebulous and unconstitutional "abuse of power" or "obstruction of Congress" charges that the framers expressly rejected. Senate Republicans face do-or-die moment as pivotal vote on impeachment witnesses imminent 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z "There's too many lies. That's why the framers wrote the Second Amendment and the First Amendment and the Fourth Amendment," he repeated. Lincoln Chafee on his decision to run for president as a Libertarian: 'Major parties have let us down' 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z My framer is regularly asked to follow through on choices that might seem fanciful, even dramatic. Letter of Recommendation: Framing 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z “To have a removal of a president based on a policy dispute? That’s not what the framers intended,” said Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow. Trump team’s opening arguments: the key takeaways 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z “President Trump’s obstruction of Congress is not merely unprecedented and wrong, it’s also a high crime and misdemeanor as the framers used and understood that phrase.” Framing the Impeachment Case: An Inside Look at Opposing Legal Teams 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The American framers wrote “high crimes and misdemeanors” into the U.S. Senate Republicans seize on Dershowitz argument, say Trump’s actions aren’t impeachable 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z "It is inconceivable," Dershowitz said, that the framers would have intended such "politically loaded terms" without clear definitions to serve as the basis for impeachment. Trump defense team takes on Hunter Biden directly, as Dershowitz offers constitutional defense 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Recently, I took a few pieces to the framer, among them a photograph of my friend Sarah. Letter of Recommendation: Framing 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution envisioned a Congress that would provide oversight over a president. After the trial ends, Trump’s impeachment battles could determine who holds real power in government 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The Constitution’s framers seemed more preoccupied by the notion of a president’s “faithfulness to the office” than on the precise acts that would merit impeachment, said Kent Greenfield, a Boston College constitutional law professor. Most legal experts say crime not required for impeachment 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z “Those are precisely the arguments that the framers rejected.” Alan Dershowitz: House managers’ case falls short of impeachment standard even if true 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z His attempt to get a foreign power to help him win the 2020 election is precisely the sort of thing the framers of the constitution worried about when they created the impeachment clause. Trump impeachment trial: what you need to know | Robert Reich 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution, and the states that ratified it, clearly expected electors to vote as they pleased. Opinion | Why Do We Have an Electoral College Again? 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z How about the framers of the Constitution, who established the impeachment process to do essentially that and declined to add any asterisks about the next election’s imminence? Opinion | Of All Trump’s Defenses, This Is the Lamest 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z But Mr. Cipollone belittled the weight of the allegations, suggesting the Constitution’s framers had in mind something more consequential when they created the impeachment clause than what the House managers had presented. Trump Team, Opening Defense, Accuses Democrats of Plot to Subvert Election 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The first wave of originalists was strongly deferential to state and federal lawmakers, Segall explains in his book, absent a showing that laws "clearly violated the framers' original intent." So much for "originalism": Trump's impeachment defense is a constitutional Dumpster fire 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment manager, has urged senators to remember the Constitution’s framers sought to prevent a chief executive from wielding power as if it “was conferred upon him by divine right.” Trump’s idea of executive power is also impeachment defense 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Less than a decade after the Constitution was drafted, the framers’ idea of an independent elector was effectively kaput. Opinion | Why Do We Have an Electoral College Again? 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The framers, in fact, wanted a government that wasn’t too sensitive to voters — that mediated voters’ whims and prejudices through representatives presumably taking a longer, cooler view. Opinion | Of All Trump’s Defenses, This Is the Lamest 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z “Here are the core offenses, the framers feared most. The president’s abuse of power, his betrayal of the national interest, and his corruption of our elections plainly qualified as great and dangerous offenses.” Democrats appeal to history, but senators struggle to sit through lesson 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z No phrase of the Constitution expressly limits electors’ independent judgment, and Hamilton’s words certainly suggest the framers expected them to use it. Opinion | Voters have concerns about the electoral college. The Supreme Court is clearing one thing up. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z "Talk about the framers' worst nightmare. It's a partisan impeachment that they delivered to your doorstep in an election year." Press Watch: Big Journalism is completely failing to deliver the big picture on impeachment trial 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The Constitution’s framers seem more preoccupied by the notion of a president’s “faithfulness to the office” than on the precise acts that would merit impeachment, aid Kent Greenfield, a Boston College constitutional law professor. Crime required for impeachment? Not so, say legal experts 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Harkin said "the framers of the Constitution meant us, the Senate, to be something other than a jury." What to think when you’re thinking about impeachment 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z “The framers couldn’t protect us from ourselves if right and truth don’t matter,” Schiff said, the passion building in his voice. Democrats appeal to history, but senators struggle to sit through lesson 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z "The framers would have rejected abuse of power, would've rejected obstruction of Congress," he added. Alan Dershowitz rejects Pelosi's 'impeachment is forever' claim, says only Trump can decide whether Bolton testifies 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The pattern informed the framers of the Constitution, who echoed that concept. ‘Constitutional Nonsense’: Trump’s Impeachment Defense Defies Legal Consensus 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Far from newly invented, the concept of abuse of power was envisioned by the framers from the start. McConnell Pushes to Speed Impeachment Trial as Trump Requests Swift Acquittal 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Trump “is the framers’ worst nightmare come to life”, Adam Schiff, chair of the intelligence committee and the lead impeachment prosecutor, wrote in a brief filed Monday, referring to the authors of the US constitution. Trump impeachment: Senate prepares to hear opening arguments in trial 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z House Democrats in their initial court filing over the weekend called Trump’s conduct the “worst nightmare” of the framers of the Constitution. Impeachment trial to begins with rules fight, long days 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Not only that, they described it in a filing as the framers’ “worst nightmare.” Impeachment arguments as seen by Democrats, Trump team 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The Constitution’s framers had a vigorous and well-documented debate over just that point. AP FACT CHECK: Distortions in Trump’s legal defense 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z “In fact, in the House made exactly the opposite argument, that abuse of power is at the center of what the framers intended an impeachable offense to be,” said Mr. Schiff on ABC’s “This Week.” Schiff decries Dershowitz’s ‘absurdist’ Trump legal defense in Senate impeachment preview 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Alexander Hamilton explained that the framers chose the Senate to be the “judges” and ultimate decision-makers because senators would not be “tied down” by “strict rules.” Opinion | What impeachment watchers are getting wrong about John Roberts’s role 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution, they argued, intended the remedy for “acts committed by public officials that inflict severe harm on the constitutional order.” Trump’s defense team calls impeachment charges ‘brazen’ as Democrats make legal case 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution seemed to contemplate that electors would use independent judgment, the Supreme Court has said. Supreme Court to Hear Timely Case on Electoral College Voters 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Having won independence from a monarchy, the framers feared an unchecked executive with the power to use public dollars as a slush fund for his personal interests. Opinion | Patrick Leahy: Trump broke the law. Congress must now defend the separation of powers. 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “This is a difficult time for our country but this is precisely the kind of time for which the framers created the Senate,” he said on the floor on Wednesday as the articles were delivered. Its Reputation Tattered, Polarized Senate Faces a Steep Impeachment Test 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z “This is a difficult time for our country, but this is precisely the kind of time for which the framers created the Senate,” he said. House Delivers Impeachment Charges to Senate, Paving the Way for a Trial 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z “The framers instead chose the Senate as the place for the impeachment trial,” Professor Bobbitt said. Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Perilous Duty for Chief Justice 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z But the framers of the U.S. constitution understood it well enough, which is why they prohibited the federal government from granting titles of nobility. Renounce your titles, you cowards 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z This is the effective subordination of the Senate to the president, leaving a large hole where the framers intended an immovable object. Opinion | It’s up to voters to prevent four more years of institutional vandalism 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z "The framers wanted to make sure the Senate would never take such a trial lightly — this oath requirement is over and above the oath each senator has already taken to support the Constitution." Law professor calls out Mitch McConnell for "violating" his oath of office in top Kentucky newspaper 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The framers entrusted the consequential decision of whether to remove a duly elected president from office to a political body. Opinion | What does ‘impartial justice’ mean to the Senate? 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution had considered having impeachment trials take place in the Supreme Court. Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Perilous Duty for Chief Justice 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z History supported his position, he said, as the framers of the Constitution drew on English procedures under which the House of Commons brought charges of impeachment to the House of Lords. A Law Professor’s Provocative Argument: Trump Has Not Yet Been Impeached 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Trump is precisely what the framers of the Constitution feared, an unethical and immoral president who would trample the nation’s laws and institutions to keep himself in power. Opinion | Now Trump’s legacy bears an asterisk of shame 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z “The framers built the Senate to provide stability… To keep partisan passions from boiling over,” he said. McConnell rips Pelosi for impeachment delay, says Dems ‘afraid’ to transmit ‘shoddy’ articles 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z So here we are, our Supreme Court about to consider what the framers of our Constitution considered unthinkable: Is Trump above the law, even the law against murder, just because he is president? Can Trump really get away with murder? 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Impeachment traces its origins to monarchical England, but the framers of the Constitution confined its use on presidents to rare occasions, when their actions corrupted the public interest for personal ones. Trump Impeached for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Impeachment traces its origins to monarchical England, but the framers of the Constitution confined its use on presidents to rare occasions, when his actions corrupted the public interest for personal ones. Trump Impeached for Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z But the framers of the constitution with its impeachment provision could never have imagined the hyper-partisanship - on both sides - that has been witnessed during today's sterile House proceedings. Trump becomes third president to be impeached 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z In total, Donald Trump is the nightmare scenario envisioned by the framers. It's a very bad week for Donald Trump — but he remains a dangerous foe 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Former independent counsel Ken Starr said Tuesday the framers of the Constitution were fearful of an impeachment process along party lines -- like the one enveloping President Trump. Ken Starr: Democrats' strictly partisan impeachment 'precisely' what Founding Fathers feared 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z "You can't interpret misdemeanor to mean pretty much exactly what the framers rejected at the Constitutional Convention. So, I do think they are trying to make it up as they go along," he said. Dershowitz spars with former law student, CNN analyst over impeachment: 'C'mon Alan' 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z When the framers of the Constitution created the process for Congress to impeach “all civil officers of the United States,” they rejected a much more severe punishment practiced in early America: exile. Impeachment is better than exile 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z “This is precisely the misconduct that the framers created a Constitution including impeachment to protect against.” House Judiciary Committee approves two articles of impeachment against President Trump 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z As constitutional experts testified before the Judiciary Committee, the framers of the Constitution had just such self-dealing in mind when they wrote the impeachment clause. Editorial Roundup: US 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z But the framers did not write in an impeachment remedy that would apply only in a president’s second term, or only in the first half of his time in office. Opinion | For impeachment, quick and narrow is the way to go 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Dershowitz disagreed, arguing that the framers specifically mentioned four criteria -- high crimes, misdemeanors, treason and bribery -- and rejected terms like "abuse of power" as "explicit grounds for impeachment." Dershowitz spars with former law student, CNN analyst over impeachment: 'C'mon Alan' 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution were careful to design a process for removing a president from office that they hoped would rise above the nation’s petty political squabbles, he said. With White House Absent, Impeachment Devolves Into Partisan Brawl 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z The 52-page report by the Democratic staff of the House Judiciary Committee argues that the framers of the Constitution intentionally provided a way to remove the occupant of the Oval Office for just such misconduct. Judiciary Committee Report Offers Legal Rationale for Impeaching Trump 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Democrats on the Judiciary Committee contend that the framers of the Constitution, in writing the terms of impeachment, meant to capture circumstances unforeseen, so it was left intentionally vague. House Judiciary Committee lays out ‘constitutional grounds’ for Trump impeachment in new report 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z “The global significance lies in that this is the first time the Genocide Convention has been put to use in the way its framers intended.” In rare legal test, Myanmar faces genocide hearings at The Hague 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Toobin suggested that Trump engaged in a violation of public trust, which was "at the heart" of what the framers meant by "high crimes and misdemeanors." Dershowitz spars with former law student, CNN analyst over impeachment: 'C'mon Alan' 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution were invoked so often during Wednesday’s 8½-hour hearing, it’s a wonder Thomas Jefferson didn’t materialize belting a “Hamilton” tune: “‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’ Impeachment isn't 'Law & Order.' It's time to stop viewing it that way 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z But Professor Turley said the framers had rejected broader grounds for impeachment. Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The fact that the electoral college no longer functions as the framers intended is irrelevant to the question of whether electors are independent actors. Opinion | Like it or not, faithless electors have a right to be unfaithful 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “The framers considered the office of the presidency to be a public trust.” Scholars Call Trump’s Actions on Ukraine an Impeachable Abuse of Power 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “This is precisely the misconduct that the framers created the Constitution, including impeachment, to protect against.” Republican law professor advises against impeachment, differing with witnesses chosen by Democrats 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z He added that Trump's behavior “embodies the framers’ concern that a sitting president would corruptly abuse the powers.” Andy McCarthy on new rhetoric shift from Dems: Abuse of power can be used to impeach any president 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Professor Karlan: The framers of our Constitution realized that elections alone could not guarantee that the United States would remain a republic. Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Anticipating the split, Mr. Schiff used the report to lament the disconnect between the parties and warn that it amounted to precisely the kind of intensive polarization that worried the framers of the Constitution. Impeachment Report Says Trump Solicited Foreign Election Interference 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z He was a poor framer and cost the Angels eight runs from extra strikes, according to Baseball Savant. Angels won't make contract offer to catcher Kevan Smith 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z But the framers never explained precisely what they meant and so each generation has, in effect, redefined it. Long Before Trump, Impeachment Loomed Over Multiple Presidents 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z District Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson said ducking a Congressional subpoena is “an affront to the mechanism for curbing abuses that the framers carefully crafted for our protection.” Don McGahn must comply with subpoena and testify, judge rules 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Professor Turley: In the end, the framers would reject various prior standards including “corruption,” “obtaining office by improper means,” betraying his trust to a foreign power, “negligence,” “perfidy,” “peculation” and “oppression.” Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Originalism provides a symbolic foundation for the GOP and its adherents to argue their politics are the politics of the framers, who this country tends to venerate. Republicans, a history: How did the party of "law and order" become the party of crooks and crime? 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Impeachment, he added, "is one of many proofs that the framers of our Constitution ... intended that the traditional checks and balance-wheels of the monarchy should not be wanting in the republic." Ivanka uses fake quote to complain about "decline of public morals" behind impeachment 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z In fact, some framers of the Constitution envisioned cases where senators would sit in a case where they were also witnesses, he said. Wisconsin’s Johnson is Trump witness, backer and maybe juror 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z “Not the least of these is the framers’ vision of a strong, independent executive, chosen by the country as a whole.” Barr Bridges the Reagan Revolution and Trump on Executive Power 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Beyond the case of abuse of office for personal gain, the framers understood that abuse of office could take a variety of other forms. Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Supposed fidelity to the framers is a powerful means of virtuous identity-formation: “I’m a real American, I vote to seat judges who follow the Constitution as written.” Republicans, a history: How did the party of "law and order" become the party of crooks and crime? 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z "The framers didn't want a House of Representatives of the sort we have today -- a mob that rejects all experience, all history and just plows ahead," he said. Mark Levin: Founding Fathers had 'grave concerns' House would go 'rogue' with impeachment 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z As the framers debated the importance of including a provision for impeaching the president, James Madison made a point that must be kept in mind today. Opinion | The Republicans’ no-harm, no-foul defense of Trump doesn’t hold water 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Trump’s lawlessness is the nightmare scenario the framers anticipated when they included impeachment in the U.S. "Human scum" speaks out: NeverTrumper Tom Nichols on the president who despises him 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Prof. Pamela S. Karlan, of Stanford Law School, said the framers were deeply concerned about a president’s corrupt use of official power for personal advantage. Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The divine right of kings was torn down in the United States by the framers, the Revolutionary War, and the Constitution. Trump's latest ludicrous con: Can the Impeachment Defense force save their hero? 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution provided few details about how the impeachment proceedings should be run, leaving much for Congress to decide. Risks for all sides as Trump impeachment hearings swing open 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z It is defined narrowly as part of an effort by the framers to prevent the government from using it as a reason to suppress political speech. Separating fact from fiction in Trump’s impeachment hearings 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Many of the men work as roofers, framers and drywallers in the United States, then invest their earnings into pecan orchards and chili fields back in Mexico. How an isolated group of Mormons got caught up in Mexico's cartel wars 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Professor Feldman described a debate among the framers of the Constitution on whether the mechanism of impeachment was needed in light of the possibility that voters could address presidential misconduct at the next election. Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z In decision after decision, the court narrowed the force of the new provisions, reasoning that the framers of the amendments had not meant to radically remake the Constitution. Review | The achievements, and compromises, of two Reconstruction-era amendments 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Or they can upend laws and expectations, in the name of faithfulness to the framers’ intent. Opinion | A nightmare scenario for 2020: A tie that can’t be broken. It’s conceivable. 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The framers worried about all of those things. Brian Klaas: Trump has "exposed the weakness of American democracy" — but there's hope 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The Constitution’s framers took very seriously the threat of American officials being beholden to foreign powers, which is why this clause of the Constitution is more than a legal afterthought. Trump rejects inconvenient part of the US Constitution as 'phony' 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z But the two specific offenses — bribery and treason — give a good sense of the kinds of crimes the framers of the Constitution had in mind. Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “We’re been unfairly retaliated against, the agricultural community, What many of our framers and ranchers want is to get back to business as usual,” Mr. Newton said. Trump tells farmers to buy new John Deere tractors after reaching trade deal with China 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution touted the electoral college as an elite independent body, but it quickly evolved into a partisan one, selected according to political loyalty. Opinion | A nightmare scenario for 2020: A tie that can’t be broken. It’s conceivable. 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z “It is for such reasons that the framers adopted a strong, unitary executive — headed by the president — rather than a weak, divided one,” he wrote. Supreme Court to Rule on Trump’s Power to Fire Head of Consumer Bureau 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Weld, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination against Trump, stressed that the framers of the Constitution were most concerned with foreign interference and a president using the office for private gain. GOP Trump challenger Bill Weld on Dems' impeachment push: 'I think it's time' to go ahead with inquiry 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Prof. Noah Feldman, of Harvard Law School, outlined the core concerns of the framers. Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The first is that the framers of the Constitution and the language they used seemed to contemplate that electors would use independent judgment. ‘Faithless Electors’ Could Tip the 2020 Election. Will the Supreme Court Stop Them? 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z While some advanced statistics show that Sanchez has regressed since last season as a pitch framer, he has certainly progressed as a blocker. For Yankees’ Gary Sanchez, Being in the Moment Has Led to Big Ones 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Impeachment proceedings in the House were intended by the framers to be analogous to grand jury proceedings, leading to articles of impeachment, which are the equivalent of an indictment. Opinion | What the White House counsel gets wrong about impeachment 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z It was one of the menaces against which the framers of the constitution were most determined to protect their infant nation. Trump’s deal with Erdoğan threatens lives across Europe – and he doesn’t care | Jonathan Freedland 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The framers considered the office of the presidency to be a public trust. Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Did the framers intend for impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate to be the only vehicle for handling any wrongdoing by the president? Ruling on Trump’s Tax Returns: 5 Takeaways 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Constitution, as written by the framers, contains seven articles. Opinion | Trump’s defense: You can’t impeach me. I impeach you. 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z “This is exactly what the framers feared: that an opposing party would seek to remove a president under impeachment for purely, political, partisan reasons or personal animus,” Jarrett argued. Jarrett: 'If Democrats were serious about impeachment Pelosi would dump Adam Schiff' 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z “The real risk of the Trump administration’s blanket stonewalling of Congress is that it’s fundamentally altered the balance of power that our framers intended,” Schiff said in an interview Saturday. Trump’s defiance of oversight challenges Congress’s ability to rein in executive branch 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Prof. Michael J. Gerhardt, of the University of North Carolina, said the framers were not concerned with ordinary crimes. Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Supreme Court ruling, wrote that the Constitution’s framers meant for Article II to contain all the qualifications required for president, “divesting states of any power to add qualifications.” Trump is under fire in Washington. But he's winning big in California 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z “We do seem to be getting more and more involved in every aspect of society in a way that would have been surprising to the framers of the Constitution,” Roberts said at one point. One of the most politically volatile terms in years tests John Roberts and the Supreme Court 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z After the ruling British were defeated in the American Revolutionary war, the framers, a group among the patriotic founding fathers, gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to craft the constitution of the young United States republic. Getting medieval: impeachment's roots go back to 14th-century England 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution took great care in spelling out what acts could be regarded as treason, which was the only crime they explicitly defined. Opinion | James Madison warned us that Trump is dangerously un-American 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The framers created a chief executive to bring energy to the administration of federal laws but to be accountable to Congress for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution anticipated all of the above. Opinion | The impeachment road leads to voters — in the Senate and at the polls 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z That was a central question for the framers of the Constitution — to what extent should impeachment be a check on a president? — and it’s the central question for our political system today. Opinion | Impeaching the Peach One 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z That was a central question for the framers of the Constitution — to what extent should impeachment be a check on a president? — and it’s the central question for our political system today. Opinion | Last Exit From Trumpland 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Why did the framers believe treason, alone among offenses, merited such clarity in the nation’s founding document? Opinion | James Madison warned us that Trump is dangerously un-American 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The framers were, Professor Karlan said, deeply concerned about the possibility of foreign influence on American elections and officials. Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z That amendment subtly raises the bar for impeachment; when the framers created it as an alternative to ordinary electoral ouster of a misbehaving president, unlimited reelection was still possible. Opinion | The impeachment road leads to voters — in the Senate and at the polls 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z That was a central question for the framers of the Constitution — to what extent should impeachment be a check on a president? — and it’s the central question for our political system today. Opinion | Trump Can’t Take a Punch 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z That was a central question for the framers of the Constitution — to what extent should impeachment be a check on a president? — and it’s the central question for our political system today. Opinion | Just How Corrupt Is Bill Barr? 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z When the framers set out to devise a legal system for the new nation, they borrowed much from British law and traditions. Opinion | James Madison warned us that Trump is dangerously un-American 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The combination of two of the framers’ core concerns — foreign influence on the president and threats to the integrity of elections — can create a combustible problem, Professor Karlan said. Key Excerpts From Legal Scholars’ Arguments on Impeachment 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z While the framers of the Constitution might never have imagined an impeachment battle waged 280 characters at a time, they did essentially foresee a showdown over foreign influence on an American president. Impeachment Battle to Turn for First Time on a President’s Ties to a Foreign Country 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Finally, on Tuesday, she appeared: the constitutional officer whom the framers envisioned as the check on a rogue executive abusing his power. Opinion | Pelosi has finally taken ownership of impeachment. Now she must own the process. 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The framers meant something broader: a demeaning or undermining of the office. Does Trump need to break the law to be impeached? The answer is no | Corey Brettschneider 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “We do seem to be getting more and more involved in every aspect of society in a way that would have been surprising to the framers of the Constitution,” Roberts said at another point. Chief Justice Roberts laments having to do Congress’s job 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution established impeachment as a way to hold a president accountable for abuses of power. The impeachment inquiry: How does removing a president work? 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Again, the framers had illicit ties with foreign powers in mind. Impeachment Battle to Turn for First Time on a President’s Ties to a Foreign Country 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z “It’s difficult to imagine a purer example, even on the president’s own account of his conduct, of why the Constitution’s framers thought it essential to include the impeachment power,” he added. Instead of ‘No Collusion!’ Trump Now Seems to Be Saying, So What if I Did? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z It is high time for Congress to do its duty, in the manner the framers intended. Opinion | Trump has done plenty to warrant impeachment. But the Ukraine allegations are over the top. 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The framers did not want a tiny federal enclave surrounded by a single state, as Norton’s bill prescribes, he said. Q and A: D.C. statehood explained 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Republicans said the framers of the Constitution intended for the nation’s capital to be a federal district. Dems launch longshot bid for DC statehood at rare hearing, as Republicans hammer local corruption 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z But you don’t get Trump-Pence without an Obama-Biden; as the cycle of leadership of both parties prosecuted a perilous global war on terrorism and degraded the checks and balances the framers constructed. The forgotten lesson of 9/11: Political misinformation long predates Trump 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “The framers did not envision the use of the presidential pardon power to encourage criminal acts at the president’s direction.” Democrats Examining Impeachment Target Trump’s Pardon Offers to Immigration Officials 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Simply put, the framers viewed the president as a fiduciary, the government of the United States as a sacred trust and the people of the United States as the beneficiaries of that trust. Opinion | Trump has done plenty to warrant impeachment. But the Ukraine allegations are over the top. 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The framers of the United States Constitution rejected the divine right of kings and queens and the idea of a hereditary nobility in America. Patriotism, truth and fascism: Donald Trump is creating a subjective reality 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z If the framers were here to make their case, President Donald Trump would be Exhibit A. Donald Trump, Hamilton's nightmare 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z “There was a strong cultural group dynamic among the Constitution’s framers,” he said. Column: Like Trump, the founding fathers were businessmen. That's where the similarities end 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z How would the framers of our Constitution respond to Donald Trump's behavior as president? Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe: Framers would tell us to impeach him right now 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z When the framers put it into the Constitution, they didn’t discuss it much, because no doubt they knew what it meant. Opinion | Trump has done plenty to warrant impeachment. But the Ukraine allegations are over the top. 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Donald Trump is the human exemplar of why the framers put safeguards in the Constitution to remove such an authoritarian. Patriotism, truth and fascism: Donald Trump is creating a subjective reality 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The framers had no illusions that what pollsters euphemistically call “low-information voters” were qualified to govern, or even to choose directly who would govern. Donald Trump, Hamilton's nightmare 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z "It's such a disservice to the institution, to the framers of our Constitution," she said. Dana Perino: AOC calling Electoral College a 'scam' is a 'disservice' to Constitution, civics education 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z If the framers of the United States Constitution could be resurrected from their graves, they would impeach and remove Donald Trump immediately. Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe: Framers would tell us to impeach him right now 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Among the most delicate choices the framers made in drafting the Constitution was how to deal with a president who puts himself above the law. Opinion | Trump has done plenty to warrant impeachment. But the Ukraine allegations are over the top. 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z "But it does not place them within the political 'jurisdiction' of the United States as that phrase was defined by the framers of the 14th Amendment." Trump renews threat to end 'ridiculous' birthright citizenship 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Granted, some will object to that “our creator” part, but in all honestly, do we really think the framers of our Constitution in any way meant to say, “God doesn’t mean anything to us?” The virus of hardened human hearts spreads 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z "What is happening today is a far cry from what the framers intended," Reid wrote Monday in a new editorial the New York Times. Harry Reid urges repeal of the filibuster, calling the Senate an "unworkable legislative graveyard" 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z But the proliferation in France of anonymous incendiary pamphlets made the French much more wary of unfettered free speech than the framers of the American Constitution, Mr. Pierrat said. The El Paso Shooting Revived the Free Speech Debate. Europe Has Limits. 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The framers of the Constitution designed it to be capacious enough to permit democratic debate and to embrace these practical solutions. Opinion | It’s time to debate gun control on its merits 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Doing the right thing for voters just may be the smartest path for both partisans and those who want Congress to operate as our constitutional framers intended. Should Democrats gerrymander? No — it's bad politics, and there's a better way 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z As Kagan put it, “these are not your grandfather’s – let alone the framers’ – gerrymanders.” Free and fair vote: how one US state is leading the fight against gerrymandering 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z That sounds absurd, perhaps, and probably not something the framers of the constitution intended. Why corporations can legally poison us 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Conservatives also used to raise alarms that a nosy federal government would go beyond the narrow mission the framers spelled out for the census. Opinion | The real reason for the census debacle? Trump just wants to fight. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z "The framers themselves determined the qualifications for the presidency: that someone was born here, is over 35 years old, and has lived here for 14 years," Williamson continued. Marianne Williamson edits herself into photo shoot of women running for president 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z In his view, they were simply substituting their own political preferences and ascribing them to the Constitution’s framers. Review | Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and the dangers of moral certainty 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z "This did not mean that the framers believed that the American people should be any less religious than they choose to be," he said. Constitutional expert on 'separation of church and state': Framers said nothing wrong with religion in culture 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z The Constitution grants the president no such powers, and was drafted by the framers to stop demagogues and would-be tyrants such as Donald Trump. Michael Wolff on why Mueller didn't indict: Trump was ready to "blow up everything" 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z If America's government was working as designed and intended by the framers and the Constitution, what would be happening now with Trump and his administration? Former Bush counsel Richard Painter: If Democrats don't impeach, "they risk losing to Donald Trump" 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z “This discriminatory electoral scheme achieved, and continues to achieve, the framers’ goals by tying the statewide-election process to the power structure of the House,” the complaint continues. A Democrat could win the governorship in Mississippi — but Jim Crow still stands in the way 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z “This racist electoral scheme achieved, and continues to achieve, the framers’ goals by tying the statewide election process to the power structure of the House,” the lawsuit says. Lawsuit: Mississippi has racist way of choosing governors 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z “This racist electoral scheme achieved, and continues to achieve, the framers’ goals by tying the statewide election process to the power structure of the House,” the lawsuit says. Lawsuit: Mississippi has racist way of choosing governors 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z The framers encouraged religions because they teach moral principles that result in more law-abiding, civic-minded citizens. Opinion | Abortion isn’t just a religious issue 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z What good is a system of checks and balances if officials decline to use the tools that the framers of the Constitution so painstakingly crafted? Opinion | Republicans may never forgive Justin Amash. The nation should thank him. 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Impeachment is the legal mechanism designed by the framers to permit the republic to hold the president accountable for wrongdoing while in office. Opinion | Stop calling impeachment a political decision 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z That’s why the framers of the constitution distributed power among the president, Congress and the judiciary. There are many reasons not to impeach Trump. The House should do it anyway | Robert Reich 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z Let us open our eyes to see what the framers of the Constitution so clearly put before the American people to protect us from corruption in high office. Opinion | Emoluments aren’t obscure 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z We believe the framers of the Constitution would have viewed the totality of this conduct as evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors. Could Don McGahn lead a Trump exodus? Republican lawyers may be ready to jump off sinking ship 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z “We have more like a monarchy. That’s exactly what our framers wanted to prevent.” Trump’s defiance puts pressure on Congress’s ability to check the president 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z The Constitution’s framers were used to the idea of official pardons for crimes. ‘The President himself may be guilty’: Why pardons were hotly debated by the Founding Fathers 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z In other words, the framers anticipated the possibility of a Donald Trump. There are many reasons not to impeach Trump. The House should do it anyway | Robert Reich 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z The framers did not want legislators to hand off that duty to prosecutors or other branches of government. Opinion | John Yoo: It’s now impeachment or bust. As it should be. 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Bolger previously said framers of Alaska’s Constitution intended for a governor to appoint for judgeships candidates nominated by the Alaska Judicial Council. Dunleavy fills second Palmer court seat after delay 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z “He is corrupting the Senate into an institution that is more like that House of Lords than what the framers intended. We have walked away from amending, debating and legislating.” Senate Republicans go ‘nuclear’ to speed Trump confirmations 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z I was struck by how often the Constitution’s framers voiced fears of foreign influence in American affairs. Perspective | How the Mueller report can still threaten Trump’s legitimacy 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The framers also put in mechanisms to enforce the constitution against a president who tries to usurp the powers of the other branches of government. There are many reasons not to impeach Trump. The House should do it anyway | Robert Reich 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z He said the framers of the Constitution had contemplated having election maps drawn by state legislatures, not commissions. Justices Display Divisions in New Cases on Voting Maps Warped by Politics 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z They claim that they are trying to fulfill the dream of the framers is really just so much nonsense. Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe: Forget Mueller; impeachment won't save America 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Trump has argued that the framers of the Constitution intended only to bar outright bribes and not business transactions conducted at market rates. Trump’s legal troubles are far from over even as Mueller probe ends 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Foolishly, I thought the intent of the Constitution's framers was a smart one -- specifically Alexander Hamilton’s express intent to build a procedural roadblock in the path of would-be villains and populists. Time for the Electoral College to die: Can the popular-vote compact save America? 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z While the Constitution has been amended a number of times, none of those amendments directly challenged its basic concepts or questioned the wisdom of the framers. Opinion | Electoral college reform that might actually happen 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z “The system was built to have — not so much gridlock, a term that would not have meant anything to the framers — but to keep from impetuous action that comes from an inflamed majority,” he said. Gridlock, the Latest American Import, Arrives in Brexit Britain 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The framers would be aghast by most of what Donald Trump does. Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe: Forget Mueller; impeachment won't save America 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Like many aspects of governance, the founders and constitutional framers looked to the Brits for inspiration. ‘Grand inquisitors of the realm’: How Congress got its power to investigate and subpoena 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z “It was doubtless wise in the framers of our Constitution to place the people of this District under the jurisdiction of the General Government,” Jackson said. Perspective | From Richard Nixon to Donald Trump, Republicans once championed D.C. statehood 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The complaint, filed in Plano, Texas, the headquarters of Huawei's U.S. operations, cites the framers of the U.S. China’s Huawei sues to challenge U.S. security law 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z |
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