Unreasonable Searches and Seizures: The Common Law Origins of the Fourth Amendment
by“The great end for which men entered in society was to secure their property. That right is preserved sacred and incommunicable in all instances…
“The great end for which men entered in society was to secure their property. That right is preserved sacred and incommunicable in all instances…
Alexandria, Virginia, is well known as George Washington’s hometown, but its role during the American Revolution is not widely understood. Like the rest of…
The first article of this series discussed the increasing chorus of American Patriots in New England raising their voices against the African slave trade….
Author’s Note: Selections from all resolutions and working drafts are italicized. Most of what we know about the framers’ discussions comes from James Madison’s…
George Mason: The Founding Father Who Gave Us the Bill of Rights by William Hyland, Jr. (Regnery, 2019) Most people have never heard of George…
Through four months in the summer of 1787, passionate arguments over political principles filled the Pennsylvania State House while hard-nosed political horse-trading buzzed in…
In the spring of 1776, the Continental Congress recommended that each colony create a new government “under the authority of the people” [for] “the…