December, 2005

Wrapping Up: The Living Constitution

Thanks to Prof. Buchanan, Prof. Amar, Judge Kozinski, and Dr. Niskanen for their penetrating and insightful essays and comments.
Prof. Buchanan’s lead essay and his response to comments emphasized the importance of a constitution not only as a rulebook for a well-ordered society, but also as a statement of the values of a liberal people. […]

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A Few Final Thoughts on Constitutional Federalism

Dr. Niskanen’s most recent posting points to data from the Senate in 1913 and presents this as the good old days. Let me repeat a point I made earlier: By 1913, quite a few—most, I think—U.S. Senators were in fact directly elected, de facto, by dint of various state systems allowing state voters […]

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