The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax uprising against George Washington's government that marked the young USA's first major ...

In July of 1794, a force of disaffected whiskey rebels attacked and destroyed the home of a tax inspector. The rebellion grew in numbers, if not in actions, and threatened to spread to other states.

President Washington pardoned both, writing: "The misled have abandoned their errors." The end of the Whiskey Rebellion helped secure the Federal government's power, with the blame falling more ...

The low bar for pardons under presidents from both parties invites people do bad things because the risk of consequence is ...

Presidential pardons began with the George Washington, who pardoned those who participated in the violence known as the Whiskey Rebellion. Long before Jack Sparrow, there was the Caribbean pirate ...

Paul Guggenheimer Friday, July 12, 2019 7:50 p.m. | Friday, July 12, 2019 7:50 p.m. A multi-regional Whiskey Rebellion Trail some 225 years in the making launched in Pittsburgh’s Strip District ...

Preemptive pardons, like the ones Joe Biden issued in his final hours as president, have been used by Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter and other presidents.

Article 6 of our Constitution establishes the supremacy of federal law over that of the States, a change from the Articles of Confederation. It also defines the oaths that members of our three ...