The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. Today,…
Living with the Constitution
America’s body politic has ignored and revoked historical precedents that the Framers of the Constitution put in place to prevent our nation from descending into disorder. Our country is in serious need…
The most familiar phrase in the 14th Amendment, Section One (of five)—and most commonly litigated—is “equal protection of the laws.” The wording of the Equal Protection clause of the United States Constitution…
“I have such a bully pulpit.” —President Theodore Roosevelt (bully: as in “awesome” or “splendid”) Continuing our series on the U.S. Constitution Jimmy Morgan, MMN columnist of History in the News, explores…
Rumrunning was a major industry that made its mark on local history. Prohibition has the unique distinction of being the only amendment to the Constitution to have ever been undone. The 18th…
Continuing our series on the U.S. Constitution Jimmy Morgan, MMN columnist of History in the News, explores Article 1 of the Constitution. He notes how the choice to establish three branches of…
American women won the right to vote in 1920, but equal rights? That is one goal that is still out of reach, despite recent efforts to revive the never-ratified Equal Rights Amendment.…
Above, the cover of a 1911 Suffragist Pamphlet celebrating the passage of California’s Proposition 4 and showing the American West as the leader in the push for Women’s rights. Image courtesy of…
It wasn’t just the Boston Tea Party that set off the American Revolution and eventually led to the establishment of our constitutional republic. It was a string of abuses by the British…
Jimmy Morgan will continue with Part II of this 2020 Primer on the United States Constitution in the February 21 issue of the Messenger Mountain News. Our re-acquaintance with the country’s founding…