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We’ve all heard the story about Thomas Jefferson going forward with the Louisiana Purchase even though he thought it was a violation of the Constitution. But there’s much more history to it, and that includes a proposed amendment, James Madison, Albert Gallatin,...
The 1803 Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States, adding the massive territory at the mere price of three cents per acre. But did you know that the arrangement sparked a sectional secession movement and constitutional crisis? In this video, I explain....
Louisiana, populism, and the Constitution, three items that don’t seem to have much in common, except that I spent time talking about all three in the last week. You’ve probably heard that Jefferson violated the Constitution by pushing for the acquisition...