James Monroe
Today in History: James Monroe was Born
On April 28, 1758, James Monroe was born. Monroe served in the Continental Army during the War of Independence, where he was wounded and almost died in the Battle of Trenton. Thereafter he studied law under George Wythe, who had also taught Thomas Jefferson. Opposed...
Was the Monroe Doctrine Unconstitutional?
At Lawfare , Matthew Waxman notes The Anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine (announced December 2, 1823) and questions its constitutionality: Monroe’s proclamation is a momentous example of the president’s vast constitutional power to set and communicate U.S. foreign...