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18 Feb 2018, 7:00 am by Christopher J. Fuller
Editor’s Note: The armed drone is one of the most important counterterrorism instruments, and its use is both constant and controversial. [read post]
2 Feb 2018, 4:41 am by NCC Staff
The powerful Whig leader in the Senate, Daniel Webster, opposed it, as did a young Representative from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln. [read post]
21 Jan 2018, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
” Professor Magliocca avers that more than any man except Abraham Lincoln, John Bingham was responsible for establishing what the Civil War meant for America’s future. [read post]
4 Dec 2017, 2:53 am by Scott Bomboy
General Winfield Scott also appeared on the convention ballot. [read post]
15 Nov 2017, 7:07 am by Jonathan H. Adler
” Moore’s defenders sometimes seek to explain his actions by citing Abraham Lincoln’s harsh criticism of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v. [read post]
6 Nov 2017, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The Dred Scott case concerned yet a third issue, dealing with the right of slaves to sue in federal court.) [read post]
1 Nov 2017, 3:08 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
”But the truth is, the panicky months before the Civil War were full of attempts to compromise with the rebellious South.The most popular proposal, by far, was a constitutional amendment that would have irreversibly immortalized slavery as a feature of the United States.And although supporters of this compromise — up to and including Abraham Lincoln and most of Congress — did fail to pull it off, it wasn’t for lack of trying.There is a link to criticisms of Kelly by… [read post]
31 Oct 2017, 2:35 am by Scott Bomboy
And then there was the bizarre plot to steal Abraham Lincoln’s body for ransom. [read post]
24 Oct 2017, 3:17 am by Scott Bomboy
Scott Bomboy is the editor in chief of the National Constitution Center. [read post]
8 Oct 2017, 3:00 am by NCC Staff
 Pierce defeated his former commander, General Winfield Scott, in the 1852 election, thanks to Scott’s weakness as a campaigner and the overall decline of the Whig Party in national politics. [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 3:06 am by Scott Bomboy
Scott Bomboy is editor in chief of the National Constitution Center. [read post]
18 Aug 2017, 3:15 am by Scott Bomboy
Among its biggest critics was Abraham Lincoln, who spoke at length about the case in his debates with Stephen Douglas. [read post]
14 Jul 2017, 2:50 am by Scott Bomboy
Scott Bomboy is the editor in chief of the National Constitution Center. [read post]
9 Jul 2017, 9:40 am by Steve Lubet
Scott Fitzgerald Charles Schulz Sinclair Lewis Frederick L. [read post]
15 Jun 2017, 11:46 am by Matthew Pinsker
Taney in the majority opinion for the Dred Scott case (1857). [read post]
28 May 2017, 2:59 am by Scott Bomboy
Lincoln also made the Dred Scott decision a central theme of his 1860 presidential campaign. [read post]
4 May 2017, 11:09 am by Calvin TerBeek
" President Trump’s new EPA chief, Scott Pruitt, toes this same science-skeptical rhetorical line. [read post]
2 May 2017, 9:06 am by Scott Bomboy
Scott Bomboy is the editor in chief of the National Constitution Center. [read post]