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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

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

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