Posts Tagged ‘Andrew Jackson’
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Nullification, Tariffs and the Lessons Learned from 1832
Posted on March 13, 2018
Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions accused the state of California of trying to nullify federal law by its continuing refusal to cooperate in the prosecution of criminal illegal aliens....
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The Van Buren way
Posted on October 24, 2017
“I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson as President. He is one of the most unfit men I know of for such a place. He has...
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Trump And A Short History of Inaugural Addresses
Posted on January 16, 2017
On Trump and a short history of inaugural addresses… Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson’s inaugural address was the first on the East Portico of United States Capitol building. The crowd overwhelmed whatever...
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Obama, Jefferson, Jackson and The Debt
Posted on October 27, 2015
(Originally published on The Hill) It was slightly less than eight years ago when Barack Obama made a name of himself at the annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Iowa. Back then,...
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Old Hickory and the GOP
Posted on June 9, 2015
Andrew Jackson has long been credited with starting the Democratic Party. He brought the Western frontier to Thomas Jefferson’s anti-federalist (and anti-Wall Street) sect and created the party of the...
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