I am Joseph Story, an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Throughout my career, I upheld the principles of the Constitution and defended the rule of law against what I perceived as threats to property rights during the era of Jacksonian democracy. My Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, published in 1833, stands as a testament to my dedication to early American jurisprudence.