The liberal critics of Republicans want the GOP to behave itself and go back to the good old days best described by Eugene McCarthy’s quip that the chief purpose of moderate Republicans is to shoot the wounded after the battle is over. No thanks.

The Founders intended for individuals to choose their representatives based on their character and how well they would promote the common good, not because of their membership in any one racial, ethnic, or religious group. The Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 sought to reaffirm this principle by outlawing the...

What virtues exist in liberal historian Gordon Wood's books?

The American republic relies upon a common, egalitarian citizenship, but this republican virtue has been under assault from the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its judicial interpretation.

Peacock contends that theVRA, as it is currently implemented, undermines the Founders' vision of government by emphasizing racial and ethnic group rights over individual rights.

Deconstructing the Republic: Voting Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Founders' Republicanism ReconsideredBy Anthony A. PeacockAEI Press, 2008, $25.00 ...

Theauthorsrelate current arguments to traditional ideas of republicanism and democracy and compare them with the Revolution, Civil War, and civil rights and suffrage movements.

Theauthorsrelate current arguments to traditional ideas of republicanism and democracy and compare them with thoseof our Revolution, Civil War, and civil rights and suffrage movements.