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Ye Quartering

My latest for The Rebel: On June 2 1774 the British parliament attacked British liberty by passing the Quartering Act. Ostensibly aimed at rebellious American colonists, the act violated the 1689 Bill of Rights, whose provisions against standing armies and quartering reflected a long struggle over the power of the sword between the Stuarts who wanted to base absolute power on a professional military answerable to the Crown and armed citizens who insisted that they, through their popular militia, must be the supreme power in the land. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E14tSvrAxa4

The audio-only version is available here: [podcast title="Robson Rebel, June 2, 2016"]http://www.thejohnrobson.com/podcast/John2016/June/160602Rebel.mp3[/podcast]

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Dred Free

My latest from The Rebel: On May 26, 1857, Dred Scott got his freedom. Yes, the plaintiff in the all time worst piece of judicial activism, Dred Scott v Sandford, was actually freed shortly after the Supreme Court essentially ruled that there were no free states in the U.S., precipitating the Civil War. And it happened because where law failed, some human hearts succeeded, with some former owners funding his court challenge and another, after he lost, making sure he was freed. It’s a humbling reminder that we can always do the right thing in our own time even if the world is wrong or indifferent.

https://youtu.be/YeUOq-e_EmY

You can find the audio-only version here: [podcast title="Robson Rebel, May 26"]http://www.thejohnrobson.com/podcast/John2016/May/160526RobsonRebel.mp3[/podcast]

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