Today in Supreme Court History: July 13, 1787

7/13/1787: The Articles of Confederation Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance.

The Articles of Confederation

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[bernard11]

Another pre-Constitution day in the history of the Supreme Court.

[Dan Schiavetta]

July 13, 1968: Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American Justice.

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

. . . and another Noble Prize for achievement in illumination of error in "Today In Supreme Court History," this one awarded to bernard11.

[bernard11]

I'd give captcrisis points for bringing up the Marshall appointment.

I'm still wondering why Reason doesn't charge Blackman and Barnett for advertising.

[Reverend Bob 2]

probably because Josh usually publishes more than 1 article every single day that has nothing to do with his & Randy's casebook. 2+ free articles and a pseudo-article pushing their caseboook seems like a good deal (and it's a fucking great casebook. I use it for reference all the time... just saying)

[BigChiefWahoo]

The Articles were the United States' first written constitution.

[Reverend Bob 2]

The series isn't called "today in constitution history" its supreme court history. a thing that didn't exist before the 1787 constitution was ratified

[Commenter_XY]

I think history books give short shrift to the Articles of Confederation. Quite a lot was accomplished under the AoC.

[Dan Schiavetta]

? With any one state having a veto, not much could be done. But it is a neglected part of our history.

[BigChiefWahoo]

Certain parts of our present Constitution were lifted verbatim from the AoC.

[Reverend Bob 2]

one thing I think libertarians aren't as self aware of as they should be is how libertarian the articles were. I think it largely didn't work out because it was too little control at the time when we just finished fighting a war and our economy was shit because we just finished fighting a war. I've always thought we should own it. Libertarianism as a return to the true founding vision of the founding fathers. For one thing it's the only example I can think of in which a nation's tax system was voluntary.

[James Pollock]

Meh, The AoC had to be abandoned because the federal government wasn't strong enough to do what it was expected to do. 80 years later, the Constitution needed a major reworking because the federal government needed to be stronger yet again.
The "Sovereign Citizen" loonies love the hell out of the Articles of Confederation. With a testimonial like that, who wouldn't be interested in what the Articles had to say?

[Reverend Bob 2]

we may want to rethink calling it the AOC... The vast majority of people may think someone actually believes the socialist representative from New York actually accomplished anything that could be considered an achievement while in office

[James Pollock]

Your faith in the reading comprehension of your buddies seems to be lacking.

[Brett Bellmore]

Well, sure, plenty of history happened during the Articles of Confederation. Just not any Supreme court history.

[James Pollock]

When you and Bern get together to build your list of daily accomplishments, you can pick what gets put on it.