Sparks Commentary

“Don’t know the manners of good society, eh? Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal – you sockdologizing old man-trap!...

A miniseries covering Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt Just as the Americans remember  Mr. Churchill , so do t...

The Constitution itself, and the story behind it

“The supreme executive power of these kingdoms is vested by our laws in a single person, the king or queen : for it matters not to which...

“The office of president is treated with levity and intimated to be a machine calculated for state pageantry. Suffer me to view the comma...

So who is "Grover Cleveland," and why does he complicate this answer? In the presidential elections of 1888 , the incumbent pr...

"If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty l...

"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...

"The principle that there is a  presumption of innocence in favor of the accused  is the undoubted law, axiomatic and elementary, and...

"In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties o...

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

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

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 Executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America . He shall hold office during the term of four ye...

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

"[The Congress shall have the power] To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten...

What's the best movie about John Adams ? Young John Adams My answer would be that it depends on what you're looking for. A...

" ... that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom ... " - Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1863) ...