A Defense of Constitutional Traditions
by Aaron N. Coleman Richard Alan Ryerson’s excellent opening essay starts this forum off on a firm footing by explaining the immediate causes of Lexington and Concord. This is not a ...
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Taxing Power: Luther Martin’s Anti-Federalist Warnings
By: Michael Boldin Luther Martin believed the Constitution’s sweeping taxation power was one of its most dangerous features, a direct threat to both state sovereignty and individual liberty. Long before ...
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General Welfare Clause: The Truth They Never Teach
By: Michael Boldin “It would be ABSURD to say … Congress may do what they please.” That was James Madison, obliterating the modern lie that the general Welfare Clause is ...
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Nondelegation: The Constitutional Principle Almost Everyone Ignores
By: Michael Boldin “The very definition of tyranny.” That’s how James Madison described the consolidation of legislative, executive, and judicial power in the same hands. This wasn’t just a warning. ...
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How Party Politics Destroys Independent Thought and Liberty
By: Michael Boldin “Nothing is more dangerous to the cause of truth and liberty than a party-spirit.” Noah Webster didn’t mince words. Over 200 years ago, he saw the warning ...
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Not Just Bad Policy: The Founders Called it Treason and War
By: Michael Boldin Treason. Invasion. Conquest. That’s how the Founders and old revolutionaries described usurpation – power stolen, not delegated. And it wasn’t just rhetoric. It was a foundational, and ...
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Three Pillars of Power: Luther Martin’s Anti-Federalist Warnings
By: Mike Maharrey Luther Martin warned that the Constitution would create a centralized national government with few real restraints – one that would steadily erode state sovereignty, override local control, ...
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Lysander Spooner’s Case Against Judicial Supremacy
By: Michael Boldin “An unconstitutional judicial decision is no more binding than an unconstitutional legislative act.” That was Lysander Spooner, utterly rejecting the doctrine of judicial supremacy – the dangerous ...
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The Real Root Cause of the American Revolution
By: Michael Boldin Think the American Revolution was just about taxes, tea parties, and representation? Think again. The real conflict wasn’t about a few policies. It was about power – ...
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By: Michael Boldin Luther Martin feared that the Constitution was not a blueprint for liberty, but rather a framework for centralized control that threatened state sovereignty. He hammered this point ...
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