The Colorado River wraps around Horseshoe Bend in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page, Ariz., on Feb. 11, 2017. Rhona Wise /AFP/Getty Images
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Mountain States Policy Center and the Independence Institute. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”