Off the Rails:
Is the Supreme Court Really Overturning the
Constitution and Forcing a Regime Change?
About The Author
The author of Off the Rails is from the old University of Chicago and holds multiple degrees in political science, law, and political philosophy. He is well-published in his field. He is publishing as “Horatius” in reply to “Publius,” the author of the Federalist Papers. Something profound is happening in America that Publius (speaking for the Founding Fathers) did not anticipate. We have met the enemy, and he is us…
About The Book
Something extraordinary is happening in America.
Everyone who follows the news today understands that the country is in the middle of some sort of breakdown. Nothing in the government and in the economy is working the way it is supposed to. What is going on? Why is it happening now? Where is this leading? And who is responsible?
Why is our feckless Congress so weak that it is effectively paralyzed? Why does the Supreme Court appear to be at war with its own lower courts? Why is the government cutting medical and social-welfare programs, scientific research, and education? Why are corruption and grifts increasing so dramatically? Why are federal agents shooting law-abiding citizens in the streets for the first time since the Civil War? Why are we locked in a losing war? Why are all three branches of government changing radically in the same direction at the same time? Why is our national politics hyper partisan, bitter, and personal like Game of Thrones?…
Testimonials
“Brilliant, crystal-clear, and gripping. A real page-turner. Beautifully done.”
–John Harvard Lomax, Jr.
Professor Emeritus, Political Science
University of Memphis
Blog
May 19, 2026
Off the Rails argues that the Supreme Court is the architect of the current Constitutional crisis in the U.S. and that the Court is in the process of replacing the Constitution of 1787 with a different (as yet unwritten) constitution, which bears a striking resemblance to the Confederate Constitution of 1861. This new constitution has radically reduced civil rights, a monarchical executive, low taxation, restricted emigration, reduced regulation and law enforcement, and a paralyzed Congress. And, like the Roman Republic, it excels in fleecing the poor. In other words, the Supreme Court is not acting as a court of law but is acting as a political committee bent on destruction of the Constitution and the political and legal system which it supervises.
This view of the current crisis contrasts with those of Sarah Isgur in The Last Branch Standing and Stuart Banner in The Most Powerful Court in the World, both of which are must reads for anyone who wants to understand the crisis.
Ms. Isgur argues that the two political branches (legislative and executive) are hopelessly corrupt and malicious, and the Supreme Court is attempting heroically to save the Constitution from them. It supposedly is doing this by acting in the anti-majoritarian role that Publius intended by nullifying the actions of the two political branches.
Mr. Banner, on the other hand, argues that the Supreme Court always has been a political committee, so what is happening today is nothing new and nothing to worry about. Off the Rails admits that it is true that politics always has entered somewhat into the Court’s deliberations, but what the Court is doing today is categorically different and far worse. It is nothing less than a deliberate preparation for a political coup d’etat.
Hot Off The Press!
The New York Times, “The Supreme Court is Making New Law in the Shadows: The Justices are Defying their Procedural Rules to Rewrite the Constitution,” by Stephen I. Vladeck. (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/15/opinion/supreme-court-religion-orders.html)
Mr. Vladeck is a professor at The University of Texas School of Law, where he teaches courses on the federal courts and constitutional law. He also co-hosts a podcast on national security law.