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As opposed to the feudal principles [that existed in Europe at the time], which "system considers the Prince as the sovereign, and the people as his subjects...the citizens of America are equal as fellow citizens, and as joint tenants in the sovereignty."  - Chief Justice John Jay, Chisholm v. Georgia, ...

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Observations from Structures of the Constitution James Madison (who wrote most of the Constitution) and Thomas Jefferson (who wrote the Declaration of Independence) were the original "Founding Fathers", so to speak, of the Democratic Party, which came about during the debate over the constitutionality of creating a National Bank. As ...

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We watched this video clip in my Intro to Advocacy class today.

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You would think that being involved in one of the largest class action lawsuits in history would make Walmart try to avoid other business practices that systematically cheat people out of small amounts of money. After finishing my Contracts final today (hooray!), on which there was ironically a question about class ...

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Today at the law school, former convict John Thompson came to tell his story. He was exonerated after spending 18 in prison, including 14 years on death row. His lawyers, a couple of civil litigators from Philadelphia, gave the majority of the presentation, and described the process that ...

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People distrust the government for many reasons, but one of the big ones in my mind is that proponents of big government have no problem regulating the lives of others, but then live their own lives free of those regulations. An article in the WSJ yesterday illustrated one way ...

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