Taking Rights Seriously
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano The world is filled with self-evident truths — truisms — that philosophers, lawyers and judges know need not be proven. The sun rises in the east ...
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“The Immortal” Hugo Grotius: Lessons on Law That We Could Use
By: Joe Wolverton, II God created man free and a law unto himself, so that the actions of each individual and the sue of his possessions were not made subject ...
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Nullification 101: Five Core Principles You Need to Know
By: Michael Boldin Nullification is THE rightful remedy for all unconstitutional acts – usurpations of power. Understanding the five core principles that make up its foundation is essential to getting ...
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Defend the Guard: A Constitutional Check on Unrestricted War Powers
By: Mike Maharrey Presidential administrations come and go but the war machine churns relentlessly on. “Defend the Guard” legislation can throw a monkey wrench in its cogs. Defend the Guard ...
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The Real, Forgotten Enforcement Mechanism of the Constitution
By: Michael Boldin “A refusal to cooperate with officers of the Union.” That was James Madison’s answer to federal overreach – a strategy rooted in the very principles that founded ...
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Who Decides? The Founders’ Forgotten System of Checks and Balances
By: Michael Boldin “There is not a syllable in the constitution, that makes a decision of the judiciary – of its own force, and without regard to its correctness – ...
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Five Foundational Truths from James Otis, Jr.
By: Michael Boldin James Otis Jr. was one of the most important leaders of the American Revolution – yet today, he is almost completely forgotten. Years before the Declaration of ...
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Luther Martin vs. Landholder: Anti-Federalist Warnings on Consolidation and Tyranny
By: Mike Maharrey In a heated war of words, Luther Martin responded to a series of essays penned by Oliver Ellsworth under the pseudonym Landholder, defending his colleague Elbridge Gerry against ...
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Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural: Timeless Blueprint for the Constitution
By: Michael Boldin Peace, freedom, the 10th Amendment, and the elimination of taxes: These are just a few of the principles Thomas Jefferson outlined in his first inaugural address. They weren’t mere ...
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Luther Martin’s Warning: The Constitution as a Threat to State Sovereignty
By: Mike Maharrey Luther Martin, a prominent Anti-Federalist, warned that the proposed Constitution would destroy state sovereignty by concentrating power in a centralized national government. One of the few opponents ...
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