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31 Mar 2023, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
On this day in history, George Washington wrote to James Madison about the upcoming Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, in which he notes: I am fully of opinion that those who lean to a Monarchical governmt have either not consulted the public mind, or that they live in a region where the levelling principles in which they were bred, being entirely irradicated, is much more productive of Monarchical ideas than are to be found in the Southern States, where from the… [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 2:44 am
Muir writes: A European monarch's claim to sovereignty over lands overseas in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was aimed at several [read post]
8 Sep 2007, 7:22 pm
She'd become Scotland's queen, and Britain's youngest-ever monarch, when her father, James V, died 6 days after her birth. [read post]
13 Feb 2018, 2:37 am by NCC Staff
On February 13, 1689, Parliament in London allows two new monarchs to take the thrown if they honor the rights of English citizens. [read post]
28 Feb 2023, 4:00 am by Susannah Tredwell
In the same way “Jac” can be used as the shortened version of James (Jacobus). [read post]
13 Dec 2020, 1:20 pm
" issue the proclamation of the Ascension of a new monarch. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 3:07 am
While not discounting the more personal motives of the monarchs, Dent argues that the executive branch, such as it was, also tried to use patents to further the interests of the English nation:In the times of Elizabeth and James patents may be seen as specific practices that furthered, quite deliberately, the policy goals of the elite. [read post]
17 Apr 2014, 4:00 am by Administrator
Royal Succession and the Canadian Crown as a Corporation Sole: A Critique of Canada’s Succession to the Throne Act, 2013 Philippe Lagassé and James W.J. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
At that time the unpopular but lawful Catholic king, James II, lost his throne and was replaced by his Protestant son-in-law and daughter, William of Orange and Mary, with James's attempt to recapture the throne thwarted at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. [read post]
1 Aug 2013, 11:02 am
Although its precise meaning is debated, royal prerogative includes the right of the monarch to act as a higher court than common law courts, and may encompass the right to legislate. [read post]
19 Nov 2006, 10:09 pm
In 1528, William Tyndale, translator of the Bible (most of the "King James" version is his single-handed work), examined scripture relating to acquiescence to authority and concluded: "Hereby seest thou that the king is in this world without law, and may at his lust do right or wrong and shall give accompts, but to God only. [read post]
7 Jan 2016, 8:16 am by Randy Barnett
It was adapted by the framers from the well-known British concept of the “natural born subject” of the sovereign monarch. [read post]
4 Jun 2007, 8:33 am
James IV of Scotland was killed at Flodden in 1513; as already noted, the Battle of Pavia in 1525 ended with the capture of King Francis I of France. [read post]