This book examines the struggles for political ascendancy between Federalists and the Republicans in the early days of the American republic viewed through the lens of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolu
Watkins (The Independent Institute) describes the reactions of Jefferson and Madison to the Alien Sedition Act of 1798, a piece of legislation that made it a crime to criticize the federalist governme
What did the American Founders actually intend for the country, and does it even matter today? If America began as an idea, then what kind of idea? In a time of increasing turmoil over American histor
Watkins (the Independent Institute) argues that the founding fathers did not intend for the Supreme Court to be the last word in interpreting Constitutional issues and making decisions on public polic
