British abuses inspired both the American Revolution and establishment in 1777 of a legal framework called the Articles of Confederation for the new nation. The Continental Congress convened under the Articles soon floundered, however, unable to agree on important...
Originally posted on Real Clear Policy Supermajority rule “contradicts the fundamental maxim of republican government, which requires that the sense of the majority should prevail…. a poison …one of those refinements which, in practice, has an effect the reverse of...
