Thus, the first five years of the Nineteenth Century saw a strong foundation set for judicial independence. I believe this is what our chief justice was referring to when he spoke of over 200 years of ...

The anti-federalists, who were critics of the proposed Constitution of 1787, saw danger in total judicial independence.

Algonquin Arts Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for its May musical, 1776. The show will run eight ...

Emboldened by the successful removal of Pickering, the Jeffersonians turned their glare on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase ... an unsavory attack on the independence of the judiciary.

Longfellow's poem on Paul Revere highlights revolutionary spirit; actual events reveal collective citizen action against ...

To ensure the independence of the judiciary ... In 1804, the House impeached Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. The justice—a large, cranky, imperious, sometimes tyrannical judge—was also ...

What happened in April 1775 in and near Boston is an important chapter of the story of why, how and by whom America was birthed.