Letter From Birmingham Jail
Foundational Document. Remember Martin Luther King, Jr. for bringing attention to the racial injustices of the South and for his efforts to press government for […]
Foundational Document
Federalist #78
Foundational Document. Article III defines the judicial branch, or as the Federalists sometimes referred to it, the “Judicial Department.” It defines the powers of the […]
Federalist #70
Foundational Document. Critics of the proposed Constitution questioned Article II and the creation of the Presidency. A single person, the Antifederalists argued, in charge of […]
Federalist #68
Why the Electoral College? The Electoral College was designed as a mechanism to elect the President of the United States. While the founders arrived at […]
Anti-Federalist Paper #72
Early Argument Against the Electoral College. The Anti-Federalist Papers were a series of papers written by opponents of ratification of the Constitution. These critics were generally in […]