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The Founders and the Constitution: John Rutledge

The Founders and the Constitution: John Rutledge

by Rob Natelson | Aug 23, 2023 | Constitution, John Rutledge

Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: John Rutledge owned slaves. Moreover, during the Constitutional Convention, he informed his fellow delegates that the three southernmost states would not join the Union if the Constitution immediately abolished the slave...
Today in History: South Carolina Secedes from the Union

Today in History: South Carolina Secedes from the Union

by Dave Benner | Dec 20, 2021 | History, Personal Liberty Laws

Today in 1860, South Carolina seceded from the United States, becoming the first state to do so during Secession Winter of 1860-1861. A few days later, the state released a document explaining its reasoning, the Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and...
New Info on the Constitution’s Ratification. Part I: South Carolina

New Info on the Constitution’s Ratification. Part I: South Carolina

by Rob Natelson | May 11, 2018 | Constitution, Ratification Debates

Judges and lawyers sometimes refer to the “intent of the framers” or the “original meaning” when describing how we should read the U.S. Constitution. However, if you want to apply the Founders’ own rules of interpretation to the Constitution, the understanding of the...
Understanding James Madison’s Notes on Nullification

Understanding James Madison’s Notes on Nullification

by Mike Maharrey | Jan 21, 2014 | Founding Fathers, James Madison, Nullification

Many opponents of nullification point James Madison’s 1835 Notes on Nullification and claim he opposed the doctrine in all situations. The Madison-penned Virginia Resolutions of 1798, along with his Virginia Report of 1800, serve as foundational documents in...

South Carolina and State Sovereignty

by Tenth Amendment | Feb 17, 2009 | State Sovereignty Movement

On February 12, legislators from the State of South Carolina introduced a bill to affirm the rights not only of their own state, but of all states under the 9th and 10th Amendments to the US Constitution.  (h/t Paul Graham and George McLeod) Here’s the full...
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