Jury Nullification: How “We the People” Can Overrule the Government
By: Michael Boldin Trial by Jury. Thomas Jefferson considered it “the only anchor ever imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” Jury ...
Read more.How the Supreme Court Rewrote the Constitution – Part 6
By Rob Natelson Commentary The first, second, third, fourth, and fifth installments in this series traced how the Supreme Court responded to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to break ...
Read more.How the Supreme Court Rewrote the Constitution Part VI: Crushing Civil Liberties
By: Rob Natelson The first, second, third, fourth and fifth installments in this series traced how the Supreme Court responded to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to break constitutional limits and create a powerful federal government. After trying ...
Read more.Palladium of Liberty: The Right of Trial by Jury
By: Jacob Hornberger - Tenth Amendment Center One of the best things that our American ancestors did was to include the right of trial by jury in the Bill of ...
Read more.Trial By Jury: A Jewel of Freedom
By: Joe Wolverton, II The Anglo-American protection of a person’s right to have the legitimacy of accusations made against him determined by a jury of his peers is of ancient ...
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