Michael J. C. Taylor was born in Hollywood, California, and earned his interdisciplinary doctoral degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City in both history and political science. His past academic positions include appointments at Dickinson State University, Bemidji State University, and Paine College. Publications include articles in the Journal of Supreme Court History, the Regent Journal of Law and Public Policy, and the New England Journal of History, among others. His two books, The Preamble and Mission of the Constitution (2018) and The Constitution and the American Presidency (2021), were published by Peter Lang of New York.