Amending the Constitution
Prohibition Ends: 21st nixes 18th. In 1933, national Prohibition ended when Utah became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to repeal the Eighteenth […]
Constitution
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
First Exercise of Judicial Review. On this day in 1803, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Marbury v. Madison. It is perhaps the most […]
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 […]