Discover the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Learn about the failures of the Articles of Confederation, the Great Compromise, and how the U.S. Constitution was built.
California's judiciary has been selectively interpreting laws and disregarding codified canons of construction, resulting in the preservation of racially tainted convictions and sentences, and the ...
While there were no Jewish representatives at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Philadelphian Jews still played a pivotal role in shaping the Bill of Rights and in the American revolution.
Here's what makes the federal holiday a distinct, and often misunderstood, occasion.
Kansas joins the call for an Article V Convention of States, the Framers’ prescription for America’s survival.
The scene. Origins of the Convention -- The delegates and the State House. Washington and Madison -- In Convention. Randolph introduces the Virginia plan -- Federal versus national. The "two supremes.
About Madison's notes -- Introduction -- PART I. NOTES BEFORE THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. The genre of legislative diaries -- The practice of working notes -- PART II. LEARNING TO KEEP A ...
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