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Constitution Check: Would an elected Supreme Court get more respect?

Posted 1 month, 6 days ago.

By Lyle Denniston

Too often in American politics, a critic of something the Supreme Court has done or that it might do makes a complaint about “unelected judges” overturning the work of elected legislatures. Continue Reading

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Issue: Gay Marriage, Health Care, Judicial Branch, Supreme Court

Tags: Alexander Hamilton Barack Obama Constitutional Convention Federalist Papers Gordon Wood Joseph R. Grodin Maureen Dowd Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Pitchers, catchers…and signers report: a Founding Fathers baseball dream team

Posted 2 months, 25 days ago.

By Michael Simzak

If the framers of the Constitution were a baseball team, who would they be and what position would they play? Continue Reading

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Issue: At the Center, Bill of Rights, Founding Fathers, Revolution, Sports

Tags: Alexander Hamilton Benjamin Franklin George Mason George Washington Gouvernor Morris James Madison James Wilson John Dickinson Jonathan Dayton Major League Baseball Roger Sherman

225 years of constitutional history

Posted 3 months, 29 days ago.

By Christopher Munden

The Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, so 2012 marks the 225th anniversary of this remarkable document. Continue Reading

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Issue: At the Center, Bill of Rights, Constitution Day

Tags: Alexander Hamilton George Washington Gouverneur Morris James Madison The Federalist Papers

Striking the balance between liberty and security yesterday and today

Posted 6 months, 16 days ago.

By Jonathan W. White

For more than two centuries Americans have sought to strike a balance between liberty and security. Continue Reading

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Issue: Bill of Rights, Civil Liberties, Founding Fathers, National Security

Tags: Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hamilton

David O. Stewart: What was Aaron Burr supposed to do?

Posted 6 months, 23 days ago.

By David O. Stewart

When Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton fought their legendary duel in Weehawken, New Jersey, both lost: Hamilton, the former Secretary of the Treasury, his life; Burr his future. Continue Reading

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Issue: Founding Fathers

Tags: Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton

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