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Constitutional Debate, Law, Postwar Politics (>1783) November 5, 2020 November 2, 2020

The Constitutional Convention Debates the Electoral College

by Jason Yonce

In the last two decades, the Electoral College has come under harsh, though derivative, criticism as a result of the presidential elections in 2000…

Features, Interviews, Postwar Politics (>1783) July 12, 2020 July 12, 2020

This Week on Dispatches: Jett Conner on Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, and the Louisiana Purchase

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews political scientist, historian, and JAR contributor Jett Conner on his recent article about Thomas Paine’s and Thomas…

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