James Wilson

A Montana district court judge issued a restraining order blocking the Montana Republican Party from implementing new bylaws requiring $20 annual dues, a loyalty oath, and penalties for collaborating with Democrats. The bylaws, challenged by county committees and members, face allegations of enabling 'fraudulent and corrupt practices' under a 2019 state law protecting precinct committee officers.

Chief Justice John Roberts overturned the 1935 Supreme Court decision Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, which allowed Congress to create independent agencies with members protected from presidential removal. The article argues that Humphrey’s was grounded in originalist constitutional principles but was rejected in favor of a 1926 decision (Myers v. United States) that emphasized broader presidential removal authority.

James Wilson, a Supreme Court justice and one of six men to sign both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, died in 1798 under obscure circumstances. The article highlights his significant but overlooked contributions to American democracy and popular sovereignty.