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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Federalism and the 10th Amendment: Tench Coxe Explains Delegated and Reserved Powers
By: Michael Boldin “Independent of the control or interference of the federal government.” That’s how Tench Coxe described the vast majority of power under the Constitution – reserved to the ...
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How States Can Nullify to Enforce the Constitution
by Peter Rykowski The federal government — including the legislative, executive, and judicial branches — has for decades implemented and enforced unconstitutional and increasingly-socialist policies. These policies and programs have significantly ...
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James Oglethorpe: A Forgotten Founder and His Legacy of Liberty
By: Joe Wolverton, II On December 22, 1696, James Oglethorpe was born into a world poised between the ideals of liberty and the realities of tyranny. The story of his ...
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