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America Is Living James Madison’s Nightmare
The Founders designed a government that would resist mob rule. They didn’t anticipate how strong the mob could become.
by
Jeffrey Rosen
via
The Atlantic
on
September 12, 2018
The Second Amendment Does Not Transcend All Others
Its text and context don’t ensure an unlimited individual right to bear any kind and number of weapons by anyone.
by
Garrett Epps
via
The Atlantic
on
March 8, 2018
Medical Mystery: James Madison's Sudden Collapse
The Father of the U.S. Constitution fought a life-long physical battle, too.
by
Allan B. Schwartz
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Philly.com
on
January 24, 2018
History Frowns on Partisan Gerrymandering
On the eve of a major redistricting case at the Supreme Court, a look back at what the nation's founders would have thought.
by
Michael Waldman
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Cliff Sloan
via
Washington Post
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October 1, 2017
A “Thorough Deist?” The Religious Life of Benjamin Franklin
Historian Thomas S. Kidd examines the tension between Benjamin Franklin's deism and his frequent religious rhetoric
by
Thomas S. Kidd
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Age of Revolutions
on
June 5, 2017
Constitutional Originalism and History
Does the most historically minded school of constitutional law push history aside?
by
Jonathan Gienapp
via
Process: A Blog for American History
on
March 20, 2017
How to Steal an Election
The crazy history of nominating Conventions.
by
Jill Lepore
via
The New Yorker
on
June 27, 2016
How Corrupt Are Our Politics?
A review of Zephyr Teachout's "Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United."
by
David Cole
via
New York Review of Books
on
September 25, 2014
How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment
The Founders never intended to create an unregulated individual right to a gun.
by
Michael Waldman
via
Politico Magazine
on
May 19, 2014
Died on the 4th of July
Fisher Ames’s philosophy can be summed up as follows: the “power of the people, if uncontroverted, is licentious and mobbish.”
by
Stephen B. Tippins
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The American Conservative
on
July 3, 2012
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