America has been a sovereign nation for nearly two-hundred and fifty years and over that time has amassed an unknown number of laws and case precedence. The standard form of compiling this wealth of information has consistently been through documents and laws books. Any lawyer facing a question or concern over a specific topic or [...]

The second home of law students, clerks, paralegals, lawyers, and judges will often be a law library. A modern American law library contain a wealth of information that most other public or private libraries generally will not contain. Specific information pertaining to American legal history and specific fields of law is best researched in law [...]

The legal system continues to grow and adapt to a changing world. Keeping that in mind, the need for lawyers has never been higher and continues to show stark increases that are expected to continue over the next few years. The steps to becoming a lawyer are much like becoming a professional in any field [...]

Commonly held views of attorneys are often wrongfully negative. People assume them to be sharks that prey on innocent defendants without little care or interest in the actual case. Although this may be true for a select few, most attorneys enter the legal world based on a passion of law and justice. Also, the vast [...]

“We the people,” remains as one of the most important political statements in world history. The first three words of the preamble to the Constitution situated the entire American government. “We the people” sat in direct contradiction to the European monarchies and created the first republic since the Romans nearly two-thousand years earlier. The constitutional [...]

Considering that the Constitution was written in 1787, the fact that 2nd amendment rights are still argued over points to the nature of the document. The argument goes beyond the right to bear arms and the second amendment, but rather is an ever-evolving conversation on the Constitution itself. Two central parties exist when interpreting the [...]

At the time the Constitution was ratified, many felt it to be an incomplete document. Many pushed for a bill of rights prior to the collective consideration by the states but this proved impossible. The Constitution still passed and it became the issue of the first congress to create a body of amendments to guarantee [...]

The founding fathers recognized the need for future officials to add amendments to the Constitution. Unlike a bill passed by Congress, or act issued by a President, an amendment requires a special process not easily overturned unless by another amendment. There are currently 27 amendments to the American Constitution. Congress can pass an amendment through [...]

Federalism was one of the main beliefs of the Founding Fathers. Before the Revolutionary War, the thirteen colonies lacked any integration or central power structure beyond the English monarchy. Even for several years after the Revolutionary war was one, the colonies maintained a loose collaboration under the Articles of Confederation, a body holding no central [...]

Thomas Jefferson was a true renaissance man that was an inventor and known as an expert in law, politics, architecture, philosophy, and writing. Many know him most commonly as the third president of the United States but his most important accomplishments came outside of the presidency. Jefferson was a primary founding father and known to [...]