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The Founders Would Have Opposed ‘Nationalizing’ Elections

February 16, 2026

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‘You Are Now a King, Under a Different Name’

February 2026 Issue

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The Many Lives of Eliza Schuyler

November 2025 Issue

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What the Founders Would Say Now

Fintan O’Toole

November 2025 Issue

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The Insurrection Problem

November 2025 Issue

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Ah, Exactly What the Founders Wanted!

Alexandra Petri

July 3, 2025

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American Corruption

Paul Rosenzweig

May 18, 2025

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How to Prevent Trump From Defying the Courts

Andrew O'Donohue

February 14, 2025

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The Other Fear of the Founders

February 12, 2025

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What Trump Doesn’t Understand About the Military

November 30, 2024

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A Good Country’s Bad Choice

November 22, 2024

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Hamilton Would Not Have Stood for Trump’s New Constitutional Theory

April 17, 2020

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