"Their swords and every terrible implement of the soldier are the birthright of Americans"
Robb tipped me off to that Foundine-Era quote. I put it here because I really like it.
And what a great name. Tench Coxe.
Another name from that ere is St. George Tucker. Getting ready to read his book. For fun. Hey, if Lincoln could read it for fun, I can too. View of the Constitution of the United States and Selected Writings, 1803. Book hungry Abe would have coveted Shakespeare, the King James Bible, Blackstone, and this.
Gaetz Goes
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Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for
attorney general amid continued fallout over a federal sex trafficking
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If I remember my Constitutional history right, St. George Tucker didn't do much at the Constitutional Convention except vote for a compromise at some particularly divisive moment in that convention.
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