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23 Jul 2012, 9:43 am by Jon
James Madison"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 2:01 am
" (1788) John Adams "Representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty. [read post]
26 Mar 2008, 8:25 am
The following Presidents had no military experience whatsoever:   John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Grover Cleveland, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton. [read post]
15 Jul 2014, 10:40 am
As put by John Adams in 1776, Americans aimed to establish governments in which a governor or president had “the whole executive power, after divesting it of those badges of domination called prerogatives,” by which Adams meant, of course, the absolute prerogatives. [read post]
19 Dec 2012, 6:19 pm by Patrick
It is clear to sensible observers, in the aftermath of the Newtown tragedy, that Hollywood and Silicon Valley bear almost as much responsibility for the deaths of children as the alleged perpetrator, Adam Lanza. [read post]
30 Dec 2022, 3:40 am by SHG
Academic researchers at Villanova and James Madison universities have come to similar conclusions. [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger
  In mid-June 1787, the Virginia Plan provided for judges to be appointed by the Senate, while the New Jersey plan provided for judges to be appointed by the Executive.[8]  The issue was hotly debated on July 21, 1787.[9]  Madison proposed that judges be nominated by the Executive and that such nominations become appointments unless disagreed to by two-thirds of the Senate.[10]  Edmund Randolph and Gouveneur Morris supported Madison’s proposal. [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 1:41 pm
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11 Sep 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
 Nonetheless, Abigail Adams’ letter did not stop the legal dominion of husbands over wives in the founding documents of the American republic. [read post]
8 Jun 2021, 7:56 am by Ion Meyn
Take the case of Paul Heenan, an inebriated man in need of assistance who was shot by Madison Police Officer Steven Heimsness. [read post]
11 Oct 2017, 4:30 am by Bob Bauer
” James Madison also worried about the elevation of “unworthy” leaders who would have “very great powers” and against whom the polity should be “effectually guarded. [read post]
15 Nov 2019, 6:30 am by Sandy Levinson
Madison, surely part of the cultural literacy canon but otherwise, I believe, justifiably ignored. [read post]
19 Jan 2021, 1:18 pm by Keith E. Whittington
The adoption of the First Amendment, from Madison’s perspective, would reaffirm what was already true about the Constitution, not carve out new exceptions to it. [read post]
1 Sep 2017, 10:30 am by Jane Chong
Discussing the viability of launching a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump is like driving a racecar around a decaying track. [read post]