T he faithfulness of a President to the Constitution, the laws, and the ideals and traditions of
the United States is at issue as never before. The American people today are confronted …

The Supreme Court has described the Indian Commerce Clause as the primary
constitutional basis for federal exclusive and plenary power over Indian affairs. Recently …

A central debate about the Constitution focuses on how determinate is the meaning of the
document. Of course, some provisions have an obvious meaning. Everyone agrees that the …

Are human rights to be found in living instruments and practices that adapt to changing
circumstances, or must they be interpreted according to their original meaning? That …

McCulloch has governed constitutional law for the two centuries following its announcement.
But the constitutional framework established in that decision was hardly stated with …

The administrative law of deportation depends on criminal charges and convictions to
determine who is removed from the United States. President Obama vowed to deport"[f] …

In typical US spousal revenge-murder attempts, knives, guns, and hands are the weapons of
choice for the avenging parties. However for Carol Anne Bond, a microbiologist employed …

Ploughshares editor-in-chief Ladette Randolph and poetry editor John Skoyles compile this
Winter issue, which features the work of several distinguished writers as well as the winners …

The original meaning of the opening clause of Article II of the Constitutionwhich vests"[t] he
executive power... in a President of the United States"-has been debated inconclusively for …

In February 2022, President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale war of aggression aimed at
destroying Ukraine as an independent state. Since then, his forces have unleashed …