Not having the constitutional chops of the rest of the writers on WWTFT, I’ve been reticent to contribute, despite Martin’s blandishments. So I limit my offerings to that which I know well and what can one know better than to …

One usually needn’t work too hard to find examples in the New York Times of creative constitutional thinking, but a recent op-ed piece by Gail Collins deserves special attention.  In short, Ms. Collins finds it outrageous that persons appearing …