The States and the Presidency
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano “It is (my) intention to … demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the States or ...
Read more.No Obedience is Due: The Suffolk Resolves of 1774
By: Michael Boldin “No obedience is due from this province to either or any part of the acts above-mentioned, but that they be rejected as the attempts of a wicked administration ...
Read more.Thomas Paine’s Forgotten Paper Money Takedown
By: Michael Boldin “Money is Money, and Paper is Paper. All the invention of man cannot make them otherwise.” With those words, Thomas Paine went after what he saw as ...
Read more.Welfare by Any Other Name Is Still Welfare
By: Laurence M. Vance In William Shakespeare’s tragic romance “Romeo and Juliet,” about two young Italian lovers from feuding families in Verona, Juliet utters the famous line: “What’s in a ...
Read more.How Two Vague Words Were Used to Gut the Entire Constitution
By: Michael Boldin “…do we live under a limited or an unlimited government?” To you, that question probably sounds naive because the answer feels obvious. But in 1792, Thomas Jefferson ...
Read more.This SCOTUS Case THREATENS Every Homeowner
The Supreme Court is preparing to decide whether police can bypass Fourth Amendment protections by claiming “emergency” circumstances to search your home without a warrant, a case that could fundamentally ...
Read more.Anti-Commandeering: An overview of five major Supreme Court cases
By: Mike Maharrey The Supreme Court has long held that states do not have to actively participate in the enforcement or effectuation of federal acts or regulatory programs. James Madison’s ...
Read more.You don’t have “Constitutional Rights.” You have Rights
By: Mike Maharrey You do not have constitutional rights. You just have rights. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed ...
Read more.Report and Resolutions of Connecticut on the Militia Question
August 25, 1812 Upon the receipt of General Dearborn's requisition, Governor Griswold convened the Council, June 29, 1812. This body advised him not to comply with the requisition on ...
Read more.The War of 1812 and State Sovereignty: New England’s Militia Resistance Explained
By: Mike Maharrey Was the militia intended to be used as an offensive military force in foreign lands? During the War of 1812, New England states not only said no, ...
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