FACT CHECK: ALEXANDER HAMILTON SUPPORTED THE RATIOS OF REPRESENTATION

22 Feb

CLAIM: Alexander Hamilton supported the Ratios of Representation. INVESTIGATOR: John Needham FACT CHECK DETAILS: FACTUAL ACCURATE INVESTIGATOR’S FINDINGS: As a New York delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, Alexander Hamilton saw the need for compromise on the issue of slavery in order to establish a new confederacy of States. With his … Read More »

OLIGARCHY: AN AMERICAN FEAR DURING SECESSION WINTER – PART 2

1 Oct

February 1861. With seven States having left the Union, Americans believed two different political oligarchies had been rooted. Northerners saw Southerners as traitors to the Union interested only in establishing a slave republic and protecting the institution of slavery.

FACT CHECK: UNILATERAL SECESSION THROUGH THE 10TH AMENDMENT IS A LEGAL MEANS FOR A STATE TO LEAVE THE UNION

20 Sep

CLAIM: UNILATERAL SECESSION THROUGH THE 10TH AMENDMENT IS A LEGAL MEANS FOR A STATE TO LEAVE THE UNION INVESTIGATOR: John Needham FACT CHECK DETAILS: FACTUAL ACCURATE INVESTIGATORS FINDINGS: Secession was and still is a legal option in the States today. There had to be a specific constitutional prohibition on secession … Read More »

FACT CHECK: “.. THE LAWS OF CONGRESS ARE RESTRICTED TO A CERTAIN SPHERE ..” ALEXANDER HAMILTON SAID.

11 Sep

CLAIM: “.. the laws of Congress are restricted to a certain sphere ..” Alexander Hamilton said. INVESTIGATOR: John Needham FACT CHECK DETAILS: FACTUAL ACCURATE INVESTIGATORS FINDINGS: From June to July in 1788, the State of New York met to decide to create an agent to which it would delegate some … Read More »

FACT CHECK: ALABAMA’S RADICAL REPUBLICANS RECOGNIZED SECESSION BY DECLARING IT ‘NULL AND VOID” IN 1865

4 Sep

CLAIM: ALABAMA’S RADICAL REPUBLICANS RECOGNIZED SECESSION BY DECLARING IT ‘NULL AND VOID” IN 1865 INVESTIGATOR: John Needham FACT CHECK DETAILS: FACTUAL ACCURATE INVESTIGATORS FINDINGS: During May and June 1865, Alabama had no legally constituted government; Governor Thomas Hill Watts and other prominent leaders had been arrested by the United States … Read More »