Religious Liberty and the American Founding
byBOOK REVIEW: Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meaning of the First Amendment Religion Clauses by Vincent Phillip Muñoz (Chicago:…
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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…
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Teaching the American Revolution in the United Kingdom
byTeaching the American Revolution in the United Kingdom comes with baggage. But British students respond to it ways that an American might not expect….
Review: Two Revolutions and the Constitution
byBOOK REVIEW: Two Revolutions and the Constitution: How the English and American Revolutions Produced the American Constitution by James D. R. Philips (Lanham, MD: Hamilton…
This Week on Dispatches: James D. R. Philips on the Influence of the English Revolution on the American Revolution
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews author and historian James D. R. Philips on his research about the influence of the English…
This Week on Dispatches: Haimo Li on an Important Contribution of Maryland to the US Constitution
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews political scientist and JAR contributor Haimo Li on how the Maryland declaration of rights outlawed ex…
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The Intellectual Origin of the US Constitution Article 1, Section 9, Clause 3: An Important Contribution from Maryland
byScholars generally view that the Framers of the United States Constitution “recalled the historical tyrannies of Great Britain and France in establishing the prohibitions…