Democrats vs. the Constitution

Democrats are obsessed with the pursuit of national power, especially the centralized and centralizing power of the presidency.

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Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, by Howard Chandler Christy, 1940. Oil on canvas.

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Having taken control of the House of Representatives, the Democrats face an enormous and perhaps insurmountable political barrier to achieving their agenda. It’s not the Republicans. It’s the Constitution.

“Kill the Constitution” would not be a winning campaign slogan for the Democrats, and you will rarely hear an American politician running against the Constitution as such. But it is the Constitution and the American constitutional order — not Senator McConnell — that currently vexes them.

Kevin D. Williamson

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Kevin D. Williamson

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.

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