
2025 National Security and AI Symposium
Our 2025 National Security and AI Symposium takes place today! Click below to view our panels livestreamed from the historic Mayflower Hotel in downtown Washington, DC.
NLC Announcement! We are excited to announce the 2025 National Lawyers Convention will take place on November 6-8, 2025. The theme is "New Legal Frontiers." We look forward to welcoming all of our attendees, students, and speakers for discussions and debates on a variety of https://t.co/iIkw5Bgrpl
Can states consider race when drawing congressional maps? Join us today at 12PM EST to hear a post-oral argument from Prof. Michael R. Dimino, Sr. and Brad A. Benbrook during our Courthouse Steps on Louisiana v. Callais where they break down how this argument went before the
Stay tuned for more #ForgottenFounders as we celebrate America 250, a year-long celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and America's semiquincentennial.
As described by his fellow Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson called Sherman "a man who never said a foolish thing in his life." John Adams described him as "an old Puritan, as honest as an angel and as firm in the cause of American Independence as Mount Atlas."
Through this act, Sherman foreshadowed our system of checks and balances to ensure that both state and federal governments were held accountable, first and foremost to the people. Famously quoted as saying, "government is instituted for those who live under it", Sherman helped
After the war at the Constitutional Convention, Sherman proposed the Connecticut Compromise or "The Great Compromise" -- which ultimately resulted in a House of Representatives based on population and a Senate with equal representation. This fundamentally altered the framework of
A delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress, he helped draft the Declaration of Independence as part of the Committee of Five, and contributed to the Articles of Confederation.
A self taught lawyer from Connecticut, Sherman rose from humble beginnings working as a cobbler before turning to politics.
Louisiana's congressional districts, which it redrew following the 2020 census, currently sit in a state...
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