Tag: law

Picture of pen and paper with the title "Pardon" at the top of the page, referring to a Presidential Pardon.

What is a Presidential Pardon?

sensiblemajority, December 7, 2024December 7, 2024

The presidential pardon is one of the most extraordinary and controversial tools in the president’s arsenal. Rooted in the need for justice tempered by mercy, the ability to forgive federal crimes has been a fixture of the American presidency since the Constitution was drafted. While its origins reflect a commitment…

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The Rule of Law

sensiblemajority, June 9, 2024August 1, 2024

The words make it sound like it is chiseled in stone somewhere independent of human change. In fact, the rule of law is a dynamic series of written and unwritten restraints that compel us to behave in a certain way.

A Word From Our Founders: Alexander Hamilton

January 13, 2025

Been a while since we added a Word From Our Founders but I was moved by an Alexander Hamilton Quote and thought it might be worth a few words. When The American Experiment in Democracy began, the Founders adopted a very conservative approach. They believed in an Aristocracy of Talent...

May 26, 2024

Thomas Jefferson is said to have written the poetry of America’s aspirations, Madison wrote the prose.

May 1, 2024

The election of 1800 pitted the incumbent John Adams against Thomas Jefferson. The early founders abhorred the idea of political parties...

April 3, 2024

Alexander Hamilton is the only one of the founders who did not survive to an old age. Many lived into their 60s and beyond.

March 31, 2024

John Jay has historically been relegated to the second tier of the Founding Fathers. Yet he was instrumental in getting New York to ratify the Constitution. Had either Virginia or New York failed to ratify the Constitution it is unlikely that the young nation would have survived. He successfully negotiated...