Thomas Koenig, a contributing editor of American Purpose, is a graduate of Princeton University and a student at Harvard Law School. In addition to American Purpose, his writings have appeared in National Review, CNN, The Dispatch, Real Clear Politics, and The Bulwark. He’s also the author of the “Tom’s Takes” newsletter on Substack. Twitter: @thomaskoenig98
Are Local Politics Extinct?
Well-funded interest groups are flooding state-level elections with money—and turning local elections into national partisan battles, according to a new book by Jacob Grumbach.
The Powers of the Modern Administrative Government
How much power should be granted to those doing the governing?
Democracy Can't Be Delegated
The constitutional principle of nondelegation reveals why the Supreme Court is not meant to decide major questions of American politics.
The Constitutional Failsafe against Judicial Overreach
The Fourteenth Amendment was drafted as a check on the judiciary’s own power, argue authors Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick.
Slavery, Civil War, and the Constitution
Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman asks in a recent book whether Lincoln broke the Constitution en route to saving the Union.
Constitutional Laboratories
In his new book, Jeffrey Sutton shows Uncle Sam could learn a thing or two from the states in how they divide and check government power.
The Court’s Delicate Dance
Justice Stephen Breyer’s book is dedicated to upholding the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. An expansive notion of justice undermines the cause.
The Fundamentalist
In Minds Wide Shut, Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro dissect the strands of today’s doctrinaire thinking.
