How the Supreme Court has come to play a policymaking role
Two landmark decisions — Roe v. Wade and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission — illustrate the lack of real judicial modesty.
Imperfect Union: Constitutional Roots of the Mess We’re In
Why should the unelected Supreme Court get the final say about our laws?
Looking back centuries later, it seems the Marbury case settled that question, but it really didn’t.
The Supreme Court’s early years: When censorship was constitutional?
In the first decade-plus of its history, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down zero congressional enactments.
Some constitutional myths about the Supreme Court
Framers of the Constitution never intended the judicial branch to be equal to the other two.
Do you know that the Constitution is unconstitutional?
Yep, the whole thing. Or at least its ratification was illegal.
How to work around the Electoral College — without amending the Constitution
States could pass laws pledging that they will award all of their electoral votes to whichever candidate wins the national popular vote.
In defense of the Electoral College system … and some responses
Here’s what defenders of the system tend to believe.
Picking a president: dangers — and weird outcomes — of the Electoral College
Our odd system has resulted in at least one election disaster and several strange results.
Why the Constitution’s Framers didn’t want us to directly elect the president
Their motives were more complicated than their aristocratic mistrust of the mob.
10 reasons why the Electoral College is a problem
Here’s a quick list of the problems and potential problems.
Our Electoral College system is weird — and not in a good way
The Electoral College system distorts every presidential campaign.
Imagining some other ways to run elections
There are several other systems in use around the world, and even around the United States.
Why the same two parties dominate our two-party system
Our system provides us with only two meaningful choices in most elections.
The dangers of government that doesn’t get things done
Harvard’s Jane Mansbridge makes the case that doing nothing does do something — and it’s not good.
Some appealing features of a parliamentary system
If you’re frustrated with the state of our politics, look at what this system has to offer.
U.S. or parliamentary system? One is nearly gridlock-proof — and it ain’t ours
Because of their structures, parliamentary systems are relatively gridlock-proof.
Imperfect Union: The story behind the stories
Today MinnPost launches a series by Eric Black called Imperfect Union: The Constitutional Roots of the Mess We’re In.
If you’re sick of gridlock, blame the Constitution
At the risk of committing sacrilege, this series traces many of our current problems to the system devised by the Framers of the Constitution.
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