The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an efficient federal government.
- Professor of History, University of New Hampshire
An attack on private property angered Colonial leaders as much as the British public – but a strong reaction from Parliament hardened the positions of the opposing sides, making compromise impossible.
A recent federal court ruling appeared to expand Second Amendment rights to private citizen militias, which a historian of early America explains is not what the founders intended.
In the early 19th century, the British – who had invented impeachment centuries before – decided it no longer served its purpose. Instead, they found a more effective way to handle a bad leader.
The Framers of the Constitution knew their history, and sought to learn from it – and only to repeat the parts they liked.
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