“In Madison’s famous formulation in the Federalist, constitutional restrictions on government assume that we “first enable the government to control the governed.” If the public authorities can be outgunned or bribed, the vibrancy of the private sector can be pathological.”

“In Madison’s famous formulation in the Federalist, constitutional restrictions on government assume that we “first enable the government to control the governed.” If the public authorities can be outgunned or bribed, the vibrancy of the private sector can be pathological.”

— Stephen Holmes