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14 May 2020, 9:30 pm
In addition, he helped Thomas Jefferson found the Democratic-Republican Party (known today as the Democratic Party), which meant that Madison spent his life not only as a public intellectual but also as a practical politician engaged in party building. [read post]
14 May 2020, 12:05 pm
I also note that "even as the reputations of traditional American heroes ranging from Thomas Jefferson to Woodrow Wilson have suffered due to their racism, FDR, depicted as the hero of the Great Depression and World War II, has thus far emerged relatively untarnished. [read post]
8 May 2020, 11:56 am
Venezuela’s de facto president, Nicolas Maduro, recently claimed that his forces detained two American citizens and former U.S. special forces soldiers who landed on the Venezuelan coast as part of an effort to initiate an insurgency against his regime. [read post]
7 May 2020, 6:30 am
” Of course, as Leonard and Cornell document, Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration’s putative author, neither believed nor practiced any of this. [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]
6 May 2020, 4:00 am
Thomas Jefferson relied on this document when drafting the Declaration of Independence. [read post]
3 May 2020, 6:58 am
Others may have much more to say.People can use a phrase from Jesus, from Shakespeare, or from Thomas Jefferson to advance a particular line of reasoning, even if it’s not what the author or speaker intended in its context. [read post]
3 May 2020, 6:30 am
Thomas Jefferson’s understanding of the Constitution and republicanism is understood in contrast to John Taylor’s and William Manning’s. [read post]
27 Apr 2020, 11:13 am
Judge Thomas Griffith, writing for himself and Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, held that the federal judiciary “lack[s] authority to resolve disputes between the Legislative and Executive Branches until their actions harm an entity beyond the federal government. [read post]
24 Apr 2020, 8:30 am
Candidates of national stature – George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison – already existed in abundance, political parties capable of promoting them formed swiftly, and “a circulation of newspapers through the entire body of the people” allowed voters themselves to become informed about the issues and discerning in the exercise of their suffrage. [read post]
21 Apr 2020, 5:30 am
James Wilkinson (to Thomas Jefferson), with Drawings of Indian Rock, Ohio River. 1802. [read post]
20 Apr 2020, 6:30 am
And then there was the fiasco of the 1800 election, when Democratic-Republicans proved incapable of making sure that Thomas Jefferson would receive one more vote than his presumptive running mate, Aaron Burr, thereby tempting Burr to try to seize the brass ring himself. [read post]
13 Apr 2020, 1:01 am
Boylan urged Congress to create the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission. [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 12:30 am
Thomas Jefferson Univ. [read post]
25 Mar 2020, 10:38 am
“Behind the constitutional arguments [in both Congresses] loomed the political fact that the Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson,” David Currie has noted. [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 1:01 am
Thomas Jefferson himself contributed to that idea with his Notes on the State of Virginia, a book written by him in 1781, and updated and enlarged in 1782 and 1783. [read post]
23 Mar 2020, 12:00 am
If you happen to be one of those people who believe that mac ‘n cheese was invented by Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, I hate to break it to you but ... that urban legend has been debunked.While a “pie called macaroni” was served at an 1802 state dinner, Jefferson wasn’t the creator.And even though Kraft may have popularized this combination back in 1937, most food historians believe it all originally hailed from Europe… [read post]
20 Mar 2020, 6:00 am
” Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Kentucky resolutions, asserted that the Sedition Act “does abridge the freedom of press. [read post]
8 Mar 2020, 12:01 am
As Paul observes: As a result, Thomas Jefferson grew up at Tuckahoe with five hundred slaves. [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 8:05 am
Click this link to register for this FREE event and purchase a copy of "Conversations with RBG" (purchase of book not required for attendance). ------- This event is part of the Law Library's NIGHT OF LAW at the Thomas Jefferson Building. [read post]
