Scott's American Constitutional History Blog

How Conservatives View Activist Judges In many conservative circles the word “activist judge” has come to known as a curse word. Conserv...

The famous Anti-Federalist George Mason said when discussing the implementation of the Constitution in 1787 that “The President of the Unit...

An example of how to dress for an interview Today our class had a speaker come in to explain more about the process of interviewing for ...

In today’s society most people tend to think of the Founding Fathers as near perfect individuals who, with idealism in their hear...

The Signing of the Constitution Two of the main schools of thought on Constitutional Law scholarship that are still relevant to this day ...

Doris Kearns Goodwin On Tuesday night, February 7, I attended a speech by Doris Kearns Goodwin at Aurora University. Doris Ke...

For a recent class assignment we were all asked to visit the exhibit “Lincoln, the Constitution, and the Civil War,” and teach as...