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The Josiah Philips Attainder And The Institutional Structure Of The American Revolution, Matthew J. Steilen
The Josiah Philips Attainder And The Institutional Structure Of The American Revolution, Matthew J. Steilen
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This Article is a historical study of the Case of Josiah Philips. Philips led a gang of militant loyalists and escaped slaves in the Great Dismal Swamp of southeastern Virginia during the American Revolution. He was attainted of treason in 1778 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly, tried for robbery before a jury, convicted and executed. For many years, the Philips case was thought to be an early example of judicial review, based on a claim by St. George Tucker that judges had refused to enforce the act of attainder. Modern research has cast serious doubt on Tucker’s …
No Lever And No Place To Stand (A Response To Christopher Shannon), John Henry Schlegel
No Lever And No Place To Stand (A Response To Christopher Shannon), John Henry Schlegel
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