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When was the Constitution written? Here's a history lesson on the creation of the Constitution
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor over 230 years, the Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States. Before the...
The Articles of Confederation crafters sentenced this first constitution to a short life
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIrish-born Thomas Burke died before his 40th birthday, but the North Carolinian lived long enough to wield sharp tools in constructing America’s foundation. In the spring of 1777, Burke was ...
Why all federal and state officials must swear an oath to defend the Constitution
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 month agoEditor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education...
James Pfister: State sovereignty and illegal immigration
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn our system of federalism, States have sovereignty, or the power to govern — how much power is the...
Congress in 1777 acted with urgency - America and their lives depended on it
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 5 months ago(Editor’s note: Another in a series of occasional columns about York County’s role in the American...
Salter: The constitution is dead; long live the constitution
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Constitution of the United States is not a strictly libertarian document. It empowers the...
What Federalism means for us | Opinion
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 11 months ago“Federalism” is not ― as the word might suggest ― a system in which the federal government dominates. Rather, it is a system in which the powers of government are divided between a national ...
FSCJ professor: In polarizing times, the U.S. should revisit Madison’s ‘middle path’
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJames Madison, the architect of the U.S. Constitution, played a major role in its ratification...
From sovereign states to We the People
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen we broke from Great Britain (herein GB), we were a collection of colonies called together for the first time from Sept. 5 to Oct. 26, 1774, in the...
James W. Pfister: Presidential or collective judgment in foreign policy
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe classic case of United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936) has left a legacy of...
