National popular vote a crackpot idea; just ask Panama
- May 16, 2024
After studying him in school, as adults, many of the Founders remained devoted to Livy.
READ MOREParticipants in the ratification debates could supplement English by using Virgil’s expressions . . . Virgil gave their message more force.
READ MOREFounding era state legislative records show beyond doubt that an amendments convention is a “convention of the states”
READ MOREWhen the framers and ratifiers used the phrase “regulate Commerce” they meant “regulate trade.” Both “regulate commerce” and “regulate trade” meant to administer the body of jurisprudence known as the law merchant.
READ MOREIf the American Founding had a poet laureate, Virgil would be it.
READ MOREDirectly or indirectly, Cicero probably influenced the Constitution as much as any other thinker.
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