On August 23, 1784, the self-proclaimed state of Franklin broke away from North Carolina and attempted an experiment at self-rule, in a dispute over...
Nearly 50 years ago, Justice William Brennan Jr. urged lawyers and others to look to state constitutions for more protection of individual rights than...
On August 9, 1974, Gerald Ford officially became President in the most unusual of circumstances, as Richard Nixon left Washington and Ford took office...