President Trump is abusing his clemency power, but most American governors are underutilizing their powers of commutation and ...

Criminal defense attorney Fred Hafetz and Sentencingstats.com, Inc. co-founder Mark Allenbaugh provide an analysis based on U.S. Sentencing Commission data of the difference in sentences between ...

Two of Congress’s least dogmatic Republicans announced last week that they will not run for reelection when their current ...

In Washington over the last few years,” he said on June 29, “it’s become increasingly evident that leaders who are willing to ...

American exceptionalism is “a belief that the United States holds a unique place in history and the world due to its founding ...

In 1775, life went on normally for most though a revolution was coming. Columnist joe Holley says Americans today have a duty ...

Discover why the Declaration of Independence remains America's most vital document as we approach the nation's 250th ...

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

We celebrate the Declaration of Independence as the “opening act” for a series of “main events” that laid the foundation of ...

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Some of the most ardent Federalists, including Alexander Hamilton and James Wilson , referred to the states as ... National ...

In a speech to the constitutional convention, Hamilton spoke of an American monarch, saying “that it will probably be found expedient to go into the British form.” He favored a strong national ...