And the supporters’ majority was even bigger than it seems. If you assume, for sake of argument, each senator represents half of his or her state’s population, then senators voting for the bill ...

In this week’s episode of Constitutionally Speaking, Jay and Luke discuss opposition against the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention. Speaking for the anti-nationalists, Robert Patterson of ...

Micah Beckwith, now Indiana's lieutenant governor, speaks to a crowd on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Greenwood. (Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle) Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s defense of the ...

Dan Marcus teaches at John Stark High School in Weare. When the Constitution was being created there were several major disputes that needed to be worked out. One of them was about how people and ...

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s defense of the Three-Fifths Compromise — which he called “a great move” by the country’s founders toward ending slavery — has thrust the Republican official into the ...

Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith explains in his stance in defense of the Three-Fifths Compromise in a social media video posted Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Screenshot from a video posted to the lieutenant ...

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s defense of the Three-Fifths Compromise – which he called “a great move” by the country’s founders toward ending slavery – has thrust the Republican official into the ...