What Separation of Power?

What Separation of Power?

If weโ€™re to have a formal government, the concept of the separation of powers is not all that bad. Most accept that James Madison and his associates at the constitutional convention meant to place some check to each branchโ€™s authority, otherwise one would over power...
Vermont to Feds: Back Off!

Vermont to Feds: Back Off!

On November 13, 1850, the Vermont legislature passed what it called the โ€œHabeas Corpus Law,โ€ in response to President Millard Fillmoreโ€™s signing of the โ€œCompromise of 1850.โ€ The Vermont bill effectively nullified the โ€œCompromise,โ€ a series of laws which further...