“Roosevelt had usurped constitutional power from Congress and bullied the American people into giving up their hard assets for pieces of paper.… — Brion T. McClanahan American people Copy Share Image
“Violating the presidential oath, in whatever fashion, constitutes a “high crime and misdemeanor”—according to the founding generation’s definition.” — Brion T. McClanahan Misdemeanor Copy Share Image
“But George Mason still had concerns; he reasoned that though Congress would have had to call up the militia and the army,… — Brion T. McClanahan Armed forces Copy Share Image
“Southerner Tom Watson, a populist Jeffersonian from Georgia, faced potential prosecution under the law because his newspaper often opposed Wilson’s war aims… — Brion T. McClanahan American war Copy Share Image
“Alexander Hamilton’s proposal for a First Bank of the United States met resistance from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison because the power… — Brion T. McClanahan Blank space Copy Share Image
“Madison suggested that the president should have “power to carry into effect the national laws, to appoint to offices in cases not… — Brion T. McClanahan Nature Copy Share Image
“His first term is a model in executive restraint; it turned around an American political system that had deviated widely from the… — Brion T. McClanahan Jefferson Copy Share Image
“By 1937, Roosevelt realized that the New Deal was on life support. Many of the programs did not work as intended, and… — Brion T. McClanahan Life Copy Share Image
“Wilson also made regulating information and speech a top priority. Less than two weeks after his request for a declaration of war,… — Brion T. McClanahan Communication Copy Share Image
“If Cleveland had only used the bully pulpit to harangue congressional leaders and rammed his “agenda” through the halls of Congress, he… — Brion T. McClanahan Congress Copy Share Image
“According to the Constitution as ratified, the legislature was to be the most powerful and important branch of government. Jefferson echoed this… — Brion T. McClanahan Legislative branch Copy Share Image
“The Supreme Court upheld the law in the 2012 decision of National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, but not because it… — Brion T. McClanahan Business Copy Share Image
“Roosevelt did an about-face and adopted Hoover’s blueprint for government involvement in the economy—then juiced it on steroids.” — Brion T. McClanahan Government involvement Copy Share Image
“Thus the Truman Doctrine—the president’s commitment of the United States to oppose Soviet expansionism, starting with Turkey and Greece—was born. The die… — Brion T. McClanahan Truman Copy Share Image
“The Confederate States of America in 1861 was legally an independent government. The Southern states seceded by popular conventions of the people… — Brion T. McClanahan Politics Copy Share Image
“Wilson’s defining achievement as president was his legislative agenda, the “New Freedom.” He had written in 1908 that the president was “the… — Brion T. McClanahan Prime minister Copy Share Image
“Over a two-year period, the Obama administration delayed the implementation of the Affordable Care Act twenty-eight times, ostensibly to give employers time… — Brion T. McClanahan Affordable care act Copy Share Image
