Friday, September 18, 2026

Graber on Constitutional Revolution

Mark Graber, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, has posted A Constitutional Revolution? which is forthcoming in SCOTUS 2026, edited by Howard Schweber (Palgrave Macmillan):

Americans are talking about a possible constitutional revolution. Many supporters of Donald Trump are hopeful that his two elections are bringing about relatively enduring fundamental changes in the constitutional order of the United States that will align public policy more consistently with eighteenth century principles. Critics of the Trump administration agree that Americans in the third decade of the twenty-first century are experiencing a constitutional revolution, although they believe recent constitutional developments undermine rather than restore fundamental principles. This chapter explores the history of constitutional revolution in the United States, the conditions of constitutional revolution, the extent to which Trump administration has met those conditions, and what Trump and his supporters must achieve in the future to claim fully the mantle of constitutional revolutionaries. 

--Dan Ernst