The Constitutional Debate over a Standing National Navy
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Speaking at South Carolina’s ratification convention in 1788, Charles Pinckney derided the Articles of Confederation as a “miserable, feeble mockery of government.” Pinckney was... The post The...
View ArticleHow Magna Carta Influenced the American Revolution
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View ArticleThe Constitutional Debate over a Standing National Navy
There is a gap in most histories of the United States Navy. The blank space lies between the end of the American Revolution and the re-establishment of the Navy in the 1790s. This is not the product of...
View ArticleThe Annapolis Convention of 1786: A Call for a Stronger National Government
Speaking at South Carolina’s ratification convention in 1788, Charles Pinckney derided the Articles of Confederation as a “miserable, feeble mockery of government.” Pinckney was a young but significant...
View ArticleHow Magna Carta Influenced the American Revolution
In 1984, Ross Perot purchased a copy of the 1297 reissuance of the Magna Carta from the Brudenell family who had held the document for centuries. In 1988, it became a permanent fixture of the National...
View ArticleThe Constitutional Convention Debates the Electoral College
In the last two decades, the Electoral College has come under harsh, though derivative, criticism as a result of the presidential elections in 2000 and 2016. Comparing the Electoral College at its...
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