The American Founders as Neo-Romans
Upon an earnest study, it becomes immediately clear that the American founders sought to avoid the incidents that led to the end of the Roman Republic.
Upon an earnest study, it becomes immediately clear that the American founders sought to avoid the incidents that led to the end of the Roman Republic.
Kevin Gutzman offers a fresh look at the famous statesman, described as “a revolutionary who effected radical change in a growing country.” Although often described as an American political enigma, whose image is claimed by almost everyone, Gutzman’s new exposition does much to sort fact from faction. Additionally, it brilliantly impresses a Jeffersonian imagine upon the minds of its audience.
Scalia was no “originalist” in the technical sense. This can be determined categorically due to his adherence to the incorporation doctrine, the mythical notion that the Fourteenth Amendment incorporated the first Eight Amendments as limitations against the state governments.
Despite efforts to make it palatable, REAL ID is a real threat to privacy, the feds won’t likely follow through on their threats, and most significantly, it is constitutionally unwarranted.