“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Previous installments in this series have covered four Greek scholars whose thought helped shape the American Constitution. (For links to previous installments, see the following: first, second, third, fourth, fifth.) This installment covers a later Greek scholar:...
Today in history, on March 30, 1822, the territory of Florida was officially established by Congress. The region was extracted through a diplomatic arrangement with Spain wherein the United States purchased Spanish Florida for $5 million. The episode that led to the...
Today in history, on March 6, 1820, a set of bills that came to be known as the “Missouri Compromise” were signed into law by United States President James Monroe. Initially seen as a gesture of conciliation between factions that would avert discord, the event...