The Anti-Federalists were no monolith. Patrick Henry thundered against tyranny, George Mason insisted on a Bill of Rights, but lesser-known figures like Brutus, Federal Farmer, and Cato—pseudonyms ...
Too often, states are the chief culprit. Consider all the ways states serve to frustrate the will of the people. First, the ...
From today's opinion by Justice Gorsuch respecting the denial of certiorari in Thomas v. Humboldt County: In Minneapolis & ...
While bipartisan agreement may be rare, it's not surprising that it came in defense of the First Amendment—and a popular TV ...
In his 1836 eulogy of James Madison, John Quincy Adams called the late president the “Father of the Constitution.” It was not the first time Madison was called that; Jared Ingersoll toasted the former ...
Chronology -- Origins: Growth and movement of population -- Economic expansion -- Reform of the British empire -- American resistance: British reaction -- Deepening of the crisis -- The imperial ...