Series Calendar
Twenty WeeksThrough the Constitution
A Sunday flagship essay of 1,200–1,600 wordsand aThursday Freedom Note of 350–600
Phase One
The Bill of Rights, to the Election
Weeks 1–8, running to the federal general election on November 3, 2026.
- Week 1
Why Rights Must Be Remembered
Natural rights, constitutional protections, and civic education.
- Week 2
The First Amendment
Conscience, religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- Week 3
The Second and Third Amendments
Arms, standing power, the home, and civilian boundaries.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
Arms, Militias, and the Fear of Standing Power
Sunday, September 20, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words
- Week 4
The Fourth Amendment
Privacy, warrants, searches, surveillance, and government reach.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
Papers, Effects, and Modern Data
Sunday, September 27, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words
- Week 5
The Fifth and Sixth Amendments
Due process, silence, counsel, accusation, and fair trial.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
The Machinery of a Fair Accusation
Sunday, October 4, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words
Thursday · Freedom Note
The Difference Between Charged and Guilty
Thursday, October 8, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Oct 8
- Week 6
The Seventh and Eighth Amendments
Juries, bail, punishment, and proportional justice.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
Twelve Citizens and the Limits of Penalty
Sunday, October 11, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Oct 11
Thursday · Freedom Note
Excessive: A Word With Legal Teeth
Thursday, October 15, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Oct 15
- Week 7
The Ninth and Tenth Amendments
Unenumerated rights, federalism, and reserved power.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
The Rights Not Written Down
Sunday, October 18, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Oct 18
Thursday · Freedom Note
Rights Retained by the People
Thursday, October 22, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Oct 22
- Week 8
Treason, Loyalty, and Constitutional Restraint
Article III's deliberately narrow definition; distinguishing treason from dissent, disloyalty, insurrection, sedition, espionage, and ordinary crime; and peaceful civic responsibility.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
The Narrowest Crime in the Constitution
Sunday, October 25, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Oct 25
Thursday · Freedom Note
Why Treason Is Hard to Prove
Thursday, October 29, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Oct 29
Phase Two
Reconstruction and the Limits on Power
Weeks 9–20: the Thirteenth through Twenty-Sixth Amendments, then separation of powers, federalism, emergency authority, oversight, judicial review, and lawful amendment.
- Week 9
The Thirteenth Amendment
Abolition, the punishment clause, and the meaning of involuntary servitude.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
The Amendment That Ended a Compromise
Sunday, November 1, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Nov 1
Thursday · Freedom Note
Except as a Punishment for Crime
Thursday, November 5, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Nov 5
- Week 10
The Fourteenth Amendment: Citizenship
Birthright citizenship, privileges or immunities, and who the Constitution counts.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
All Persons Born or Naturalized
Sunday, November 8, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Nov 8
Thursday · Freedom Note
Wong Kim Ark, in Plain Terms
Thursday, November 12, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Nov 12
- Week 11
The Fourteenth Amendment: Due Process
Incorporation, procedural fairness, and substantive limits on state power.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
How the Bill of Rights Reached the States
Sunday, November 15, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Nov 15
Thursday · Freedom Note
Two Kinds of Due Process
Thursday, November 19, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Nov 19
- Week 12
The Fourteenth Amendment: Equal Protection
Equal protection doctrine, standards of scrutiny, and unfinished enforcement.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
Equal Protection of the Laws
Sunday, November 22, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Nov 22
Thursday · Freedom Note
What Scrutiny Actually Means
Thursday, November 26, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Nov 26
- Week 13
The Fifteenth Amendment and the Vote
Enforcement, disenfranchisement, and the statutes built on the amendment.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
A Right Written Because It Was Denied
Sunday, November 29, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Nov 29
Thursday · Freedom Note
Enforcement Clauses Are the Point
Thursday, December 3, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Dec 3
- Week 14
The Nineteenth, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments
Suffrage expansion, poll taxes, and the eighteen-year-old vote.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
Four Amendments, One Franchise
Sunday, December 6, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Dec 6
Thursday · Freedom Note
The Poll Tax and Its Descendants
Thursday, December 10, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Dec 10
- Week 15
Separation of Powers
Three branches, enumerated authority, and the logic of divided power.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
Ambition Counteracting Ambition
Sunday, December 13, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Dec 13
Thursday · Freedom Note
Who Holds the Purse
Thursday, December 17, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Dec 17
- Week 16
Federalism in Practice
Reserved powers, the supremacy clause, and commandeering.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
Two Sovereigns, One Citizen
Sunday, December 20, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Dec 20
Thursday · Freedom Note
Supremacy Is Not Unlimited
Thursday, December 24, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Dec 24
- Week 17
War, Emergency, and Executive Power
Declaring war, emergency statutes, and limits that must be invoked to work.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
The Powers That Grow in a Crisis
Sunday, December 27, 2026 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Dec 27
Thursday · Freedom Note
Habeas Corpus, Suspended and Restored
Thursday, December 31, 2026 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Dec 31
- Week 18
Oversight, Impeachment, and Accountability
Congressional oversight, subpoenas, impeachment, and the removal power.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
The Constitution's Ordinary Remedies
Sunday, January 3, 2027 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Jan 3
Thursday · Freedom Note
Impeachment Is Not a Criminal Trial
Thursday, January 7, 2027 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Jan 7
- Week 19
Judicial Review and the Rule of Law
Marbury, judicial independence, and compliance with court orders.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
Who Says What the Law Is
Sunday, January 10, 2027 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Jan 10
Thursday · Freedom Note
A Ruling Obeyed Is a Ruling Enforced
Thursday, January 14, 2027 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Jan 14
- Week 20
Amendment, Repair, and Civic Duty
Article V, lawful change, and the citizen's part in constitutional maintenance.
Sunday · Flagship Essay
The Constitution's Repair Manual
Sunday, January 17, 2027 · 1,200–1,600 words · Available Sunday, Jan 17
Thursday · Freedom Note
Maintenance Is the Whole Job
Thursday, January 21, 2027 · 350–600 words · Available Thursday, Jan 21
Scheduled titles are working titles and may change. Every installment applies the same documented constitutional standards regardless of party or personality, and every civic action recommended is peaceful and lawful: speech, press, voting, petition, peaceable assembly, oversight, litigation, and public accountability.