News From Around the South 2/20 to 2/27
SOUTH CAROLINA: State Weighs ‘Yankee Tax’ On Newcomer Driving Fees COLUMBIA, S.C. – Additional fees may be coming for incoming South Carolina residents who want to legally drive on their new home state’s roads. Droves of newcomers have made South...
War And The Constitution
Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitutional and legal requirements that must first be met before war is waged? Can the United States legally attack an ally? These questions should be front and center in a...
British Sea Captain Drove Pirates From Beaufort Coast — His Reward Just Went Up For Auction
BEAUFORT — When an unnamed family from Manhattan presented a silver cup to Sotheby’s New York in December, John Ward knew the auction house had received something special. “The beauty and the importance of the cup as a piece of silver stands on its own,” said Ward,...
Disinformation, Inc. vs. The Founding Fathers
How many people believe, really believe, in freedom of speech? Or, as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote, not just “free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate”? The answer is not as many as I supposed before reading...Obiter Dicta
In a famous Supreme Court one-liner, reminding the legal community of the finality of the court’s rulings, the late Justice Read More
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MARYLAND: Frederick, Maryland, had an active role in Revolutionary War Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told Read More