The ideas that formed the Constitution, Part 21: Coke, Blackstone, and English law

The framers wrote the Constitution with Anglo-American jurisprudence in mind.
The greatest constitutional document of all
This article was first published in The American Thinker. It is said that no second heir to the British throne has been named John because of the reputation of the first. King John (reigned: 1199-1216) could be charming and efficient, but he was ruthless and utterly untrustworthy, and several times he drove his subjects to […]