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17 Jun 2021, 7:30 am
They will be an invaluable source of material (and insight) for anyone charged with teaching courses on the Constitution, whether to law students, undergraduates, or graduate students, or, for that matter, for any general readers with the patience to read the often fascinating debates over the nature of the Union following Appomattox and, save for some of the debates about the 13th Amendment, the death of Abraham Lincoln. [read post]
2 Jun 2021, 6:30 am
Indeed, the book’s greatest contribution may be its emphasis on the role that free Blacks other than Frederick Douglas played during this era and the recounting of some of their individual stories. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 7:08 am
United States, Justice William Douglas came to the same conclusion. [read post]
4 Dec 2020, 8:37 am
” The opposition was led by Illinois senator – and Abraham Lincoln’s foil – Stephen Douglas, who overcame his own pro-slavery sentiments in light of the rigged elections behind the Lecompton Constitution itself. [read post]
12 Oct 2020, 6:30 am
Douglas, who came in second. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 11:06 am
Among the many cases that come to mind when musing about contentious presidential elections are the one before the Civil War, another in which a candidate was nearly assassinated, and two of the five most recent contests: Stephen Douglas, despite saying during the 1860 campaign that the South would “never submit to such humiliation and degradation as the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln,” did not object to the outcome of the election. [read post]
7 Oct 2020, 6:30 am
” (281)President Abraham Lincoln taught us more than a century and a half ago that if we are to heal the rifts that divide us, we have to remember that we “read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. [read post]
5 Oct 2020, 10:54 am
Once crossing the expressway I noticed the tomb of Stephen Douglas, a towering and ornate memorial to the white Illinois politician who famously debated Abraham Lincoln, arguing that the expansion of slavery should be left to the local populations of whites. [read post]
24 Sep 2020, 10:19 am
I am teaching a course this term on Abraham Lincoln, and one of the astounding things is the sheer nature of his speeches, including the now-famous Lyceum speech he gave at the age of 29 in Springfield. [read post]
August 21, 1858 – Lincoln Mocks Douglas Over Concept of Judicial Supremacy When Morality is at Stake
21 Aug 2020, 1:01 am
The first debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. [read post]
20 Aug 2020, 11:26 am
Douglas. [read post]
18 Aug 2020, 4:17 pm
The authors twice quote Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural and its plea for a politics of “malice toward none and charity toward all. [read post]
5 Jul 2020, 9:10 am
Here's the transcript from what was called the “Salute to America” at the White House yesterday. [read post]
4 Jul 2020, 1:01 am
As Stephen Douglas, when debating Abraham Lincoln, argued in 1858: “When Thomas Jefferson wrote that document, he was the owner, and so continued until his death, of a large number of slaves. [read post]
22 Jun 2020, 5:00 pm
Washington, Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas and Martin Luther King. [read post]
6 May 2020, 6:30 am
Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, in this conventional view, articulated the foundational expressions of departmentalist logic. [read post]
13 Apr 2020, 4:19 pm
Nessim MezrahiIn the following guest post, Nessim Mezrahi discusses his analysis of the First Quarter 2020 securities class action lawsuit exposure. [read post]
10 Feb 2020, 8:27 am
" The subcommittee will hear testimony from John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction; Douglas Lute, the former U.S. permanent representative to NATO; Richard Boucher, the former U.S. ambassador to Cyprus; and Ret. [read post]
11 Apr 2019, 11:25 am
Abraham Lincoln read law, as did Daniel Webster, Stephen Douglas, Henry Clay, Salmon P. [read post]
20 Feb 2019, 7:24 am
Douglas (Northern Democratic), John Breckinridge (Southern Democratic), and John Bell (Constitutional Union). [read post]
