Sparks Commentary

“An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America , towards furth...

“One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress.” – John Adams It’s hard to do justice to the history of Cong...

The Constitution itself, and the story behind it

“[The Congress shall have the power] To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inv...

“The coining of money is in all states the act of the sovereign power; for the reason just mentioned, that it's value may be known on...

“The Stile of this Confederacy shall be ' The United States of America '.” – Article I of the “Articles of Confederation and per...

“It will be the business of this chapter to consider the British parliament ; in which the legislative power, and (of course) the supreme ...

“... in the main the constitution of parliament , as it now stands, was marked out so long ago as the seventeenth year of king John, A. D....

You wanna hear a joke? The Senate. "We hang the petty thieves, and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop Uni...

"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 ....

"Before he [the president] enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation: I do solemnly swear...

"The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services , to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the Tre...

"Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour...

"The essence of Government is power; and power lodged as it must be, in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse ." - James M...

"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of  two Senators from each State , chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six year...

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...

"All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States , which shall consist of a  Senate  and  Ho...

"Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of pe...

"Your friend Mr. Lincoln had his Taylors and Paines. So did every other man who ever tried to lift his thought up off the ground. Odd...

While walking down the street one day a United States Senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is...