Constitutional Chats Presented By Constituting America

Regular listeners will certainly recognize this famous phrase from the Declaration of Independence: "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from ...

1 Mar 202459min

At Constituting America, we love to talk about federalism.  Federalism is a founding principle that government authority is best when one central government does not have all authority, but it is divv...

23 Feb 202455min

We have a military. We have a militia. When it comes to protecting our citizens, both play a role. The same militia mentioned in the second amendment is actually defined in 10 U.S. Code § 246 as ab...

16 Feb 202455min

One of the biggest events in the news lately has been the situation at our southern border and illegal immigration.  Texas, due to its lengthy border with Mexico, is front and center in this discussio...

8 Feb 202455min

Since World War II, the United States, as the world's lone superpower, has promoted democracy around the world with a focus on the longevity of the nation-state. After all, a nation-state that is who...

2 Feb 202456min

Think about the environment under which our Constitution was drafted.  Our new nation had just waged and won a war for independence and was surrounded on all sides with hostility: the British in the n...

25 Jan 202457min

In 1948, the United States under President Truman became the first country to recognize the existence of Israel.  Since then, the two nations have been staunch allies.  This alliance is certainly bein...

18 Jan 202458min

Seemingly, the United States has been engaged in some armed conflict somewhere in the world for most of our lives.  However, the United States has not had a formal declaration of war since World War I...

13 Jan 202455min