May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
Dickinson was one of the few to free his own slaves during his lifetime.
READ MORE“We cannot be happy without being free,” Dickinson wrote in Farmer Letter XII. “We cannot be free without being secure in our own property … We cannot be secure in our property, if, without our consent, others may take it away.”
READ MOREThis year marks the 250th anniversary of one of the most influential series of writings in American history.
READ MOREThe Farmer letters went well beyond asserting the case against taxation without representation; they also helped clarify American constitutional thinking on other questions, including: Which government responsibilities should be exercised centrally and which locally?
READ MORE[B]ecause almost everyone conforms in most respects to prevailing social practices, disqualification for such conduct is necessarily arbitrary and driven more by politics than by merit.
READ MORESo when is local control good in reality rather than merely as a slogan?
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