1825–1860
Draft of the South Carolina Exposition
John C. Calhoun articulated his vision of federalism in the nullification doctrine outlined in the South Carolina Exposition.
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John C. Calhoun articulated his vision of federalism in the nullification doctrine outlined in the South Carolina Exposition.
LETTER I. It has from the first establishment of your present constitution been predicted, that every occasion of serious embarrassment which should occur in the affairs of the government –
Independence sparks a deeper question: if all are equal, why shouldn’t women—and others—claim political rights too?
Elisha Williams argues freedom of conscience is a natural, unalienable right, denying civil governments authority over religious belief.
Mr. Randolph expressed his regret, that it should fall to him, rather than those who were of longer standing in life and political experience, to open the great subject of
Source: The New York Journal, January 3, 1788. …I shall begin with observations on the executive branch of this new system; and though it is not the first in order,
Source: The American Museum or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces, etc., Prose and Poetical for July 1787, vol. II, no. 1 (Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1789), 553–558; https://goo.gl/H5jnWL. It
To the Free Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In my last address upon the proceedings of the Federal Convention I endeavored to convince you of the importance of the subject, that
Source: Herbert J. Storing, ed., The Complete Anti-Federalist, (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1981) 2:437-442. I said in my last number, that the supreme court under this constitution would
The nature and extent of the judicial power of the United States, proposed to be granted by this constitution, claims our particular attention. Much has been said and written upon