Slavery and the Electoral College: A Misguided Assumption
To come to Amar’s deductions on the Electoral College, one must actively ignore the entire breadth of the Philadelphia Convention debates and a battery of other contradictory evidence.
Tag Archives: US Constitution
The Battle Over the First National Bank and Its Constitutional Implications
What does a political battle waged over a bank in 1791 mean for Americans living in 2016? Quite a lot, it turns out.
Federally Administered Districts: The Original Intent
Territories and states are distinctly different entities, and the federal government was not intended to have the same regulatory power over regions within states themselves.
Natural Born Citizen: The Original Intent
Whether the founders predicated their determination on the works of Vattel, Blackstone, or an alternative explanation cannot be determined with absolute certainty. The extent to which other scholars will admit this, in my eyes, is evidence of their intellectual honesty.
The Constitutional Case for Gridlock
In actuality, the system the founders conceived of valued partisan gridlock as an impediment to the destruction of human liberty and the consolidation of centralized power.
Judah P. Benjamin – Able Statesman, Forgotten Patriot
While most of his aims were never actualized, his ideas remain as influential remnants of a forgotten history that should be uncovered at every opportunity. When considering those who propelled the just, honest, and pure principles that define the south, one cannot list many individuals without first mentioning Judah P. Benjamin.