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Sour Grapes?
Abraham Lincoln affixed his signature to the Thirteenth Amendment… on this day in 1865. He had gambled during reelection year supporting the joint resolution, and thrust the full weight of the...
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Slight Revision Needed
Routine teaching about the US Constitution… instructs students that its genius is found in the fact that it can be changed. This dogma can be traced to the influence of Charles Beard’s contention that...
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Original Intent- Proper Perspective
Anti-gun fanatic, Piers Morgan, made the bold claim it was FACT… that the Second Amendment was written with only “muskets in mind, not high-powered handguns and assault rifles…” He was simply...
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Leave Madison Alone
Joe Ellis explained the absence of serious Madison biographies… by proclaiming “he’s boring as hell” and that “only lawyers like him.” As previously stated, Ellis’s recent comments on the Framers and...
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Ruinous Ideas Linger on
The Doctrine of Nullification lost in the court of history… as a nation state and as a people we rejected it, outright. Our Constitution created a hierarchy of law to bring order to the muddled system...
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The American Spirit
Madison argues that oligarchy is difficult in America because of our size and diversity… but critics consistently cited the House of Representatives as the most susceptible institution in the new...
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Surpassing the Father
99 men signed the Declaration of Independence and Constitution… a group we consider the Founders. Plenty has been written about what set this generation apart- today, it seems most writers attempt to...
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Healing Words Required
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams waged a bitter and divisive Presidential campaign in 1800… deeply dividing their countrymen. Adams’ party was swept out of power and many expected Jeffersonians to...
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Leave Madison Alone
Joe Ellis explained the absence of serious Madison biographies… by proclaiming “he’s boring as hell” and that “only lawyers like him.” As previously stated, Ellis’s recent comments on the Framers and...
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Leave Madison Alone
Joe Ellis explained the absence of serious Madison biographies… by proclaiming “he’s boring as hell” and that “only lawyers like him.” As previously stated, Ellis’s recent comments on the Framers and...
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Say it ain’t so Joe
Historians can say the darndest things… the profession has been sullied by superfluous tales of alleged sexual dalliances, rumors, and tabloid style conjecture. It’s open season on the Founding...
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Ruinous Ideas Linger on
The Doctrine of Nullification lost in the court of history… as a nation state and as a people we rejected it, outright. Our Constitution created a hierarchy of law to bring order to the muddled system...
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On Impeachment
Supporters of corrupt Presidents, from Andrew Johnson to Bill Clinton… all use the same erroneous argument about the Impeachment provision of the Constitution. “But he didn’t commit a high crime!”...
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The American Spirit
Madison argues that oligarchy is difficult in America because of our size and diversity… but critics consistently cited the House of Representatives as the most susceptible institution in the new...
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Defining Misdemeanors
Madison and Hamilton allowed the grounds for impeachment of the President… open to necessary judgments and deliberations in the House of Representatives. Madison’s original draft suggested only the...
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The American Spirit
Madison argues that oligarchy is difficult in America because of our size and diversity… but critics consistently cited the House of Representatives as the most susceptible institution in the new...
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Leave Madison Alone
Joe Ellis explained the absence of serious Madison biographies… by proclaiming “he’s boring as hell” and that “only lawyers like him.” As previously stated, Ellis’s recent comments on the Framers and...
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On Education
We celebrate the birth of Samuel Adams by expressing his desire for an educated electorate… Not the kind of rabble easily fooled by demagogues manipulating fear and emotion– the masses of people able...
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Withering Glare
Delegates at the Constitutional Convention privately questioned whether George Washington’s attendance would make a difference… his comrades from the Revolutionary War knew it would; that his renowned...
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Surpassing the Father
99 men signed the Declaration of Independence and Constitution… a group we consider the Founders. Plenty has been written about what set this generation apart- today, it seems most writers attempt to...
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