Chief Justice John Marshall concluded in 1803 that the commissions were legitimate and Madison acted illegally by shelving them but stopped short of ordering anything. Marbury sue ...

The principle of "checks and balances" is rooted in the Constitution's design of a national government ... had no authority to charter a bank. Andrew Jackson, the first populist president, loathed ...

William McKinley led a country defined by tariffs and colonial wars. There’s a reason Trump is so drawn to his legacy—and so ...

Biddle was also the perfect embodiment of the nation’s monied class. He viewed “men with no property to assess and no character to lose” as social inferiors — so it was no surprise that he would ...