Articles tagged with: alexander hamilton
America’s Ayatollah: The Supreme Court
The Constitutional principles that are the basis of the U.S. government have served America very well over the last 225 years, although these principles have been sorely tested from time to time. In fact, the U.S. Constitutional itself has been amended twenty-seven times since it was first enacted in 1787, and one time was rejected altogether by a group of …
States Rights: An Undemocratic Principle
At the local level, the governor and state assemblies are granted powers under the federal constitution to manage their own affairs, so long as they don’t interfere with rights granted under that constitution. When, however, a minority of senators from various states are granted the power to thwart the will of the majority of American people, a line has been crossed that forms a border between good, representative government and gridlock.
