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7 Jul 2020, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Jefferson, as was his usual modus operandi, remained silent in public while stealthily prodding his henchman James Madison to attack. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 5:54 am by Jed Handelsman Shugerman
Then the Senate split 10-10 on the subject, and Vice President John Adams broke the tie in favor of presidential power. [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]
17 Jun 2020, 8:56 am by davidferriero
The success of the Jefferson Papers led to the launch of other projects: Adams and Franklin (1954), Hamilton (1955), Madison (1956), and Washington (1968). [read post]
8 Jun 2020, 1:34 pm by Nicholas Mosvick
He gave 173 speeches over the course of the Convention, more than second-place James Wilson (168) and third place James Madison (161). [read post]
30 May 2020, 10:34 am by Elliot Setzer
Jen Patja Howell shared an episode of the Lawfare Podcast discussing Beijing’s proposed new national security law for Hong Kong and the ensuing protests: Adam George analyzed China’s failed attempt at “mask diplomacy” in Africa. [read post]
24 May 2020, 9:30 pm by ernst
" -- Kirkus Reviews"This work sets itself apart from other Adams biographies in its detailing of its subject's vision of governance, as well as his role as a legal and constitutional scholar, compared to other Founding Fathers, such as George Washington, Samuel Adams, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and, notably, Thomas Jefferson. [read post]
15 May 2020, 7:35 am by Margaret Wood
It is a legacy that would have pleased Madison, Jefferson, and Adams, and it is one of which all Americans should be proud. [read post]
13 May 2020, 10:30 am by Guest Blogger
In 1861 the federal footprint was so small that Henry Adams thought that secession could happen easily. [read post]
9 May 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Compare The Federalist No. 68 (Hamilton) (presidential electors would be those “most likely to possess the information and discernment requisite” to the “complicated” task of choosing the president) with The Federalist No. 39 (Madison) (asserting that the president would be elected “by the States in their political characters”).As is often the case with originalist arguments in the era of “original public meaning” originalism, Framers’… [read post]
4 May 2020, 6:30 am by Sandy Levinson
  Whatever may have been his later views, the Madison of 1787 could easily join with Hamilton in a basic contempt for the actualities of state governance. [read post]
3 May 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Madison, and the Missouri Crisis are told alongside less familiar ones like Martin v. [read post]
24 Apr 2020, 8:30 am by Paul Swedlund
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]
22 Apr 2020, 5:35 am by Peter J. Louie, Esq.
James Madison predicted as much when he described constitutional rights as “parchment barriers,” easily transgressed when the majority is so inclined. [read post]
21 Apr 2020, 5:30 am by Robert Brammer
You are looking at a drawing of a rock carving that was sent to Thomas Jefferson by General James Wilkinson, who served as a senior officer in the United States Army under Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison. [read post]
8 Mar 2020, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Madison, but I believe, as Marshall seems to have done, that the end justified the means. [read post]
20 Feb 2020, 2:59 am by Walter Olson
Checking the numbers [Adam Feldman, Empirical SCOTUS] Search and seizure: “How Long Does the Third Party Doctrine Have Left? [read post]