Today, writes Ben Daus-Haberle, the Militia Clauses of the Constitution lead a curious double life. The Second Amendment’s preamble stars in gun rights debates, but when the conversation shifts to the War Powers, these Clauses drop almost entirely from view. The result is a War Powers literature strikingly silent about the Militia Clauses. Yet the… Continue reading The Militia Clauses and the Original War Powers
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The Attack on the Capitol Calls for a Measured Response
By Emily Berman There are many indisputable facts about violent and deadly incursion into the Capitol building on January 6th. It is beyond debate that the fiasco included multiple criminal acts. Nor is there any question that it represents a colossal security failure on the part of those whose mission is to safeguard the premises… Continue reading The Attack on the Capitol Calls for a Measured Response
A Besieged Capitol: The Need to Objectively Assess the Nature of the Violence
By David E. Graham As the world watched, in real time, a mob descended upon the U.S. Capitol on January 6, and, spurred on by the words of the then President of the Unites States, engaged in destructive and deadly acts of violence. Pundits, politicians, present and former government officials, and, yes, any number of… Continue reading A Besieged Capitol: The Need to Objectively Assess the Nature of the Violence