“As they have dared, so shall I dare. Dare to tell the truth, as I have pledged to tell it, in full, since the normal channels of justice have failed to do so. My duty is to speak out; I do not wish to be an accomplice in this travesty. My nights would otherwise be …
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, becomes the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate when she won the special election on January 12, 1932. Born near Bakerville, Tennessee, Caraway worked as a schoolteacher. However, when her husband, Thaddeus Horatio Caraway died, the governor appointed her to the Senate to fill …
My Country – Joel Barlow Justice Douglas never had to see a conservative party act the way the Republican Party does today. He saw conservatives, many who he most definitely hated, as potential inspiration. No one will ever look at Senator Mitch McConnell as inspiration unless they too are a nihilist. In An Almanac of …
The Constitution gets a lot of attention. But most of that attention sticks with the Bill of Rights. Never do people talk about Article III. We all learn about the judicial branch. And the Supreme Court sits on top of that branch. But when can someone bring a problem to a court? Section Two, also …
On September 22, 1692, the last persons were hanged in what became the United States for witchcraft. 19 people were hanged, 1 was pressed to death, 2 died in prison, and over 250 people were arrested. “After a number of the town’s teenagers began to hallucinate and convulse, bark like dogs and run around on …
When we face a judge and jury, we assume that we get a fair trial. It’s paramount to the American system. And one way to ensure this has been a fair judiciary. In United States v. Brandt, a circuit court judge wrote that a trial judge’s right to interrogate a witness was not unlimited. [H]e …
Justice William O. Douglas wrote that King Charles II adopted severe measures against noncomformists. One of those acts was the Conventicle Act of 1664. This forbade “conventicles” or religious assemblies of more than 5 people, outside of the Church of England. This act, part of the Clarendon Code, aimed to discourage nonconformism. One group raided …
In the past week, the city council of Lexington has had two votes to relocate the monuments to Confederate leaders in the town center. After calling and emailing my city councilwoman, she reassured me that she supported the effort. And I am proud to be represented by Councilperson Jennifer Mossotti, who joined the unanimous city council …
I read a lot of comic books. In total, I have over 10,000 single issues that I have collected for twenty years. I purchased my first comics in July 1997 – Superman 127 and JLA 9. To call my reading and purchasing habits an addition would be downplaying it. But I love the larger-than-life characters …
My Country – Place of Trial In 1644, Roger Macguire, who lived in Ireland, was charged with high treason. England had charged that he levied war against the King, which killed many Protestants. And they brought him from Dublin to London for trial. He pleaded not guilty. Additionally, he demanded that he be tried by …