The Constitution empowers the president to nominate and, with 'the advice and consent of the Senate', to appoint the principal officers of the Unit...

Through the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the federal government currently operates and maintains 13 presidential libraries,...

This book identifies, provides the location of, and briefly describes over 1000 places that are associated with the Presidents of the United States...

The veto power is one of the most important aspects of checks and balances in the United States Government, as it helps the executive branch to che...

One of the key issues facing our republic in this century is the exercise of presidential war powers. The constitutional structure which gives the ...

Alexander Hamilton's thought has, for over two hundred years, been noted for its deviations from American revolutionary Whig orthodoxy. From a conv...

Coming from humble origins in Illinois, Ronald Reagan always carried an optimism that life would get better, and with his education from small Eure...

Second Jackson Administration

For much of British history, kings and queens have taken oaths on the Bible as they were coronated. Symbolically perhaps, President George Washingt...

The ten speeches in this volume illustrate Cicero's entire career and exemplify all the major contexts for his oratory: before the senate, the peop...

The ten speeches in this volume illustrate Cicero's entire career and exemplify all the major contexts for his oratory: before the senate, the peop...

Christened Claudia Alta Taylor when she was born in a country mansion near Karnack, Texas, she received her nickname 'Lady Bird' as a small child; ...

Christened Claudia Alta Taylor when she was born in a country mansion near Karnack, Texas, she received her nickname "Lady Bird" as a small child; ...

Claudia Alta Taylor received her nickname "Lady Bird" as a small child and as "Lady Bird" she is known and loved throughout America today. "Bird" w...

â€A cross-country road rally of 100,000 automobiles â€A continuous political parade from the Atlantic to the Pacific â€A story about the famous Lin...

Here, in a single volume, is a selection of the classic critiques of the new Constitution penned by such ardent defenders of states' rights and per...

Through substantial selections from Jefferson's writings--including his earliest writings, Notes on Virginia , and key public papers and personal c...

Through substantial selections from Jefferson's writings--including his earliest writings, Notes on Virginia , and key public papers and personal c...

No competing edition of The Federalist offers nearly as much help in grasping Publius' arguments in defense of the new but unratified United States...