Sparks Commentary

“[The Congress shall have the power] To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers,...

“It is well known that in the Roman republic the legislative authority, in the last resort, resided for ages in two different political b...

"The political liberty of the [citizen] is a tranquillity of mind, arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order t...

"For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other ....

"A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee justice, and be found in another state, shall, on...

Great Seal of the United States As I set out to write a general post about the  Constitution of my country , I have the problem of a...

"The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme court , and in such inferior courts as the Congress may, fro...

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Introduction During the debates over whether or not to ratify the  United States Constitution , both sides in the debate quoted from a  ...

"The great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who adm...