Power Shift, Part 3: The Civil War
“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could…
Power Shift, Part 2: Judicial Review
The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. It is emphatically the province and duty of…
Powershift, Part 1: Overview of the Inflection Points
Abstract: During the course of US history, the balance of power between the states and the federal government shifted to the federal government through a series of inflection points tied to key events. “The American Republic will endure…
