What Is the Administrative State?

The Administrative State poses a serious threat to constitutional freedoms. No other current aspect of the country’s legal regime denies more rights to more Americans. Although Americans still enjoy the shell of their Republic, there has developed within it a very different sort of government—a type, in fact, that the Constitution was designed to prevent. No matter what area of liberty you look at, there’s a government agency trying to take that liberty away. We can’t underestimate that problem or more and more liberty will be taken from us every day.

Unpacking “Court Packing”

The number of seats on the Supreme Court has remained unchanged since 1869. But recently, 

Democrats have signaled that they would consider adding justices to the Court if they were to regain control of the White House and both chambers of Congress. In one past incident in 1937, such efforts were labeled “court-packing” and proved to be unpopular. Mark Chenoweth unpacks “court packing” in the new millennium and explains why packing the court runs counter to the notion of judicial independence carefully enshrined in the Constitution.

 

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