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In between hamburgers and fireworks, take a moment to listen to our podcast on what the Fourth of July means to PLF attorneys. Our newest clerk Mike Garcia gives us a Texas perspective on the Fourth, Principal Attorney Timothy Sandefur reads poetry, Director of Litigation Jim Burling discusses the continuing relevancy of the Declaration of … ...

At the Liberty Law Blog, Prof. Richard Samuelson argues that John Adams’ defense of religious liberty offers a model for our own day. Adams refused to write Article III of the Massachusetts Constitution—which provided for an established church—because it was inconsistent with his belief in religious freedom. Instead, Samuelson writes,  ...

Today is the birthday of the greatest lawyer who ever lived, Sir Edward Coke. Lord Coke, who served as Queen Elizabeth I’s attorney general, was one of the founding fathers of the common law itself—one of the people who helped form the idea that courts should collect and review previous decisions to build up a … ...

Hillsdale College has put together what looks to be an excellent anthology of sources for understanding the U.S. Constitution. You can see the table of contents here. For our readers who would like to explore some of the deeper historical and philosophical background of the Constitution, this looks like a good place to start. … ...