This essay addresses one of the most persistent criticisms of the Constitution: that it was adopted to protect, or least accommodate, slavery. As explained below, that criticism is historically false. The Critics’ Deceptive Statistic The critics point out that perhaps 25 of the Constitution’s 55 framers (drafters) were slaveholders. But this statistic is deceptive. One…

Critics have attacked the Constitution’s allocation of two senators for each state, irrespective of the size of each state’s population. This column explains why each state has equal representation in the Senate. The critics fall roughly into two categories: extreme and moderate. Among the more extreme ones is the author of a 2018 GQ article….

A lawyer in Boulder, Colorado, has been buying billboard space to attack the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. One billboard reads: IMAGINE HIGHWAYS USING TRAFFIC LAWS WRITTEN IN 1791. IMAGINE RADIO, TELEVISION, AND INTERNET RUN BY 1791 REGULATIONS. IMAGINE LIMITING YOURSELF TO MEDICAL CARE AVAILABLE IN 1791 THE SECOND AMENDMENT WAS WRITTEN…