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The Federal Farmer: The Constitution Would Lead to a Complete Consolidation

By: TJ Martinell During the debates over ratification of the Constitution, one of the most influential and important series of papers were written by the Federal Farmer, an anti-federalist who forcefully ...

Advancing Liberty: 4 Essential, Foundational Principles

November 23, 2022 Founding Fathers / Founding Principles 0

By: Michael Boldin The “American revolution” was about much more than the war for Independence. In fact, as John Adams noted, the revolution was “effected before the war commenced.” A “radical ...

Rhetoric and Resistance in the Face of Tyranny

November 23, 2022 American Revolution 0

By: Mike Maharrey As the British put increased pressure on the American colonists in an effort to force them into submission, the colonists backed up their increasingly forceful rhetoric with concrete ...

Inflation in the United States

November 18, 2022 Inflation 0

by John Steele Gordon The following is adapted from a lecture delivered on January 6, 2022, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, ...

The Politicization of the Department of Justice

November 18, 2022 4th Amendment / 5th Amendment / Administrative State / AMERICAN LIBERTY / Big Brother / Bill of Rights / Core Principles / Deep State / Electronic Data Collection / Electronic Eavesdropping / Fascism 0

by Harmeet K. Dhillon The following is adapted from a speech delivered on September 16, 2022, in Washington, D.C., at Hillsdale College’s Constitution Day Celebration. The seal of the U.S. Department ...

Dangers of Democracy

November 15, 2022 Uncategorized 0

by ThinkingWest The word “democracy” appears exactly zero times in the United States Constitution. And yet, no form of government is celebrated with the same fervency as democracy. Recently, the phrase ...

The ideas that formed the Constitution

November 15, 2022 Constitution / Founding Principles 0

By: Rob Natelson Who created the ideas behind the U.S. Constitution? The history books relate how the Constitution was composed by its 55 “framers” from May 25 to Sept. 17, 1787. ...

When the feds violate the Constitution, should we blame the Constitution?

November 15, 2022 Amendments / Article V Convention / Constitution / Constitutional Convention 0

By Publius Huldah In Rob Natelson’s paper [link], “The Solution is a Convention of the States”, he makes claims about what our Framers said is the purpose of amendments to our ...

The Nullification Movement Pushes Foward: More States Legalize Marijuana Despite Ongoing Federal Cannabis Prohibition

November 11, 2022 Ballot Measures / Drug War / Nullification 0

By: Mike Maharrey Voters in two more states approved ballot measures legalizing marijuana on Tuesday despite the ongoing federal prohibition of cannabis, continuing a 50-year history of efforts by the states ...

Three Quotes on Americanism

November 11, 2022 American Individualism / Patriotism 0

by Dan Sanchez Lawrence Reed, from his 2003 essay “The True Meaning of Patriotism”: “I subscribe to a patriotism rooted in ideas that in turn gave birth to a country, ...