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On a Section of Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist 84 (Part 2): What is a Proper Sense of Right?

Part 1 – Part 2 – Federalist 84 itself Paragraph 7. Hamilton notes that even though the State constitution talks about “common law” and precedent, the legislature in New York holds ultimate sway, and perhaps New Yorkers have fewer rights than they think they have. Paragraph 8. The first step in arguing that a “bill

On a Section of Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist 84 (Part 1): What exactly is the purpose of a Bill of Rights?

A copy of Federalist 84 for your convenience. My apologies for the length of this – it got out of hand pretty quickly and I thought there was enough here that was important so I published it anyway. Part 1 – Part 2 Paragraphs 1 & 2. Hamilton notes in dealing with “miscellaneous points” regarding

On Peter Singer’s "The Freedom to Ridicule Religion"

Originally published on WritingUp on 07-01-2006. One point of clarification – there is a distinction in this article about human rights/rights of citizens that invokes Jefferson for the latter. Now Jefferson does say that rights come from Nature’s God, but he also says that because of them governments are instituted among men. My point is