Many people know the first Supreme Court decision to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional (It’s Marbury, of course), but few people could identify the …
The first pivotal case by a young U.S. Supreme Court was Marbury v. Madison – a landmark case in United States law and in the …
Thomas Jefferson sent his ‘wall of separation’ letter to the Danbury Baptist Association to assure them that although the state offered them religious freedoms only …
William Paley (1743-1805), in his 1802 classic, Natural Theology, summarized the viewpoint of the scientists. He argued that the kind of carefully designed structures we …
Thomas Jefferson FRIENDS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS, Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country, I avail myself of the presence …
On November 1, 1800, President John Adams, in the last year of his only term as president, moved into the newly constructed President’s House, the original …
