Author DM Celley

#History

HOW DID THE SUPREME COURT GET SET TO NINE JUSTICES?

The United States Supreme Court has nine justices—one chief justice and eight associate justices.  It was created by Article III of the U.S. Constitution that organized the judicial power of the Federal Government into “one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” However, Article […]

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THE UNSUNG HERO OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

When the words “American Revolution” come to mind, so do the names of the major heroes of the time—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Thomas Paine, and so on. But there are many other participants who played very significant roles in the revolution who history has nearly forgotten.  One such revolutionary was Robert Morris Jr.,

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