“As soon as Congress reconvenes next week, we will compel a vote of the full House of Representatives on the bipartisan Khanna-Massie War Powers Resolution.” 

[Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule by Hélène Landemore (Thesis: An Imprint of Penguin Random House, 2026; 309 pp.)]

John Eastman makes sweeping claims in his recent article on President Trump’s emergency tariffs. The Supreme Court’s conservatives split on the issue—specifically over whether Congress’s delegation of authority in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) was legitimate.

This first experiment with government-issued bills of credit presents a natural historical test case for Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), particularly its claims about chartalism and the state’s role in originating money. This took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1690.