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Folks who live above the Mason-Dixon Line sometimes like to make fun of Cracker Barrel, with its down-home sensibility and kitschy country store in every restaurant.
Sometimes they are being elitist, as if the baked beans and brown bread so tied to New England cuisine are something to be found in every fine dining restaurant. Worrywarts and fans of slow food will decry the Southern-fried offerings on the menu as contributors to the obesity epidemic, and will completely ignore the fact that Cracker Barrel was started in the 1960s as a rebellion against the fast-food joints that were cropping up along America's highways.
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... be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.". ....
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As the only US Supreme Court Justice to be impeached, Samuel Chase achieved a sort of instant fame, or instant infamy. During the 1800 election campaign, Chase made himself an easy target for Jeffersonian newspapers when he appeared to sympathize zealously with the prosecution of Jeffersonian editors and writers. Those who accuse Chase of being anti-Jeffersonian are correct, but there were, after all, some reasons for opposing the man from Monticello and his champions. There were two criminal trials over which Chase presided on circuit that did become matters that the House found impeachable offenses. With Jefferson's victory in 1800, Chase feared for the rule of law in general and the independence of the judiciary in particular. Over time, however, Chase's views on the requirements of ...
... army in the field mopping up the recent rebellion against federal taxes in eastern Pennsylvania. It ...
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... Insurrection, to punish Treason and Rebellion, to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels" r...
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... supporter of Jefferson who had led rebellions against federal excise taxes, Chase sentenced the ...
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.... "Yeah. Two. The one on her arm says 'Rebellion.' The one on her butt says 'Mario.'" . "'Mario?' O...
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... [he] could not, therefore, be guilty of rebellion against it." (111) . Virginia could be expected to...
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Much of the American public is aware of the US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, but few know about Thomas Jefferson's and James Madison's Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, also known as the Resolves of 1798. The Resolves clear the path to a limited government and point to states to check the power of national government.
... outfit privateers and schemed to incite rebellion in Florida, New Orleans, and Canada. As Genet lear...