This collection of late antebellum U.S. Senate speeches exemplifies the official statements of the public men from the South, North, and West as they struggled with the questions of national identity and the right of self-government within the context of the rule of law.
This collection of late antebellum U.S. Senate speeches exemplifies the official statements of the public men from the South, North, and West as they ...
The Ninth Amendment holds that every right not explicitly granted to the federal government by the Constitution belongs to the states or to the individual. Further, those rights held by the government should not be construed to deny or disparage other rights held by the people. As in other areas of contention between federal power and states' rights, the Ninth Amendment has become subject to activist Supreme Court interpretation whereby the traditional model of federalism, in which states had meaningful public policy prerogatives, has given way to a model in which states become mere...
The Ninth Amendment holds that every right not explicitly granted to the federal government by the Constitution belongs to the states or to the ind...
The sesquicentennial of the American Civil War presents a unique opportunity to consider the motivation behind General Robert E. Lee s efforts to defend the Confederacy against his once beloved United States. What will be learned from this book is that General Lee was following in the footsteps of his idol General George Washington. General Lee was not fighting to perpetuate and expand slavery, self-aggrandizement, or military glory. He was fighting for the 1776 principles of government based upon the consent of the governed, the 1789 principles of the rule of law, and for a Judeo-Christian...
The sesquicentennial of the American Civil War presents a unique opportunity to consider the motivation behind General Robert E. Lee s efforts to defe...
