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...Executive privilege usually applies to White House deliberations, on the theory that the President needs candid and confidential advice from his staff. The Supreme Court acknowledged that need as early as 1803, in Marbury v. Madison. But the privilege also protects national security matters, especially when they involve military and foreign affairs, and has the very practical effect of allowing the Administration to keep things like the names of spies and informers and the progress of delicate negotiations secret...
...Hartford, Conn., in December 1814 for a three-week-long convention. They wanted to divert federal tax revenue to their states for self-defense and have the central government recognize state laws shielding their citizens from conscription--in effect, giving New England its own military and foreign policy. If Madison balked at these modest proposals, they said, then another convention "must act as such urgent circumstances may require." First the demand, then the threat...
...Madison argued that he had been driven to fight by British "outrages" against American shipping. The British navy was stopping American vessels on the high seas, seizing goods it defined as contraband and sailors it defined as British deserters. But America had its own imperial dreams: the war's supporters were nicknamed war hawks because of their constant birdlike calls for "Canada, Canada, Canada." Former President Jefferson thought conquering Canada would be "a mere matter of marching." Federalists were appalled. Gouverneur Morris, the peg-legged ladies' man who had drafted the Constitution, declared that a war of choice fought...
...nothing prepared me for the Crimson’s gut-wrenching Frozen Eight matchup with Wisconsin this past Saturday. The trip to Chestnut Hill was nothing compared to this assignment; I flew out to Madison for the weekend...
...national champion Harvard fencing team received a boost in its efforts to repeat late Tuesday night. The NCAA selection committee announced freshman foil fencer Arielle Pensler will be joining nine members of the Crimson in Madison N.J., March 22-25 to vie for the name of top squad in the country. The other fencers received entries into the championship competition through finishing in the top eight in their respective weapons last weekend at the regional meet. These included saber fencers Tim Hagamen, Dan Sachs, and Alexa Weingarden; foil fencers Kai Itameri-Kinter, Enoch Woodhouse, and Misha Goldfeder; and epee fencers...