Defending the Constitution

50.2.1; Junius Brutus Stearns, American, 1810 - 1885 (Artist); Washington as Statesman at the Constitutional Convention; 1856; oil on canvas; Unframed: 37 1/2 × 54 in. (95.25 × 137.16 cm) Framed: 46 × 63 3/16 × 3 1/2 in. (116.84 × 160.5 × 8.89 cm); Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond

By Rob Natelson

Rob Natelson

Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Centennial Institute and Independence Institute, both in Colorado. He holds the same position at the Mountain States Policy Center, where he works on Montana constitutional issues. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”

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June 19, 2026Updated: June 25, 2026

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