250 Years Ago: The Forgotten Declaration that Set the Course for Independence
By: Michael Boldin “To these grievous measures, Americans cannot submit.” That bold declaration helped spark coordinated resistance across the colonies in 1774. Today marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration ...
Read more.How the Supreme Court Rewrote the Constitution – Part 6
By Rob Natelson Commentary The first, second, third, fourth, and fifth installments in this series traced how the Supreme Court responded to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to break ...
Read more.Northwest Ordinance: Landmark 1787 Law Set the Foundation
By: Mike Maharrey On July 13, 1787, the Confederation Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, one of the most important and influential acts of the early republic. It established a ...
Read more.Reversing Incorporation?
By: TJ Martinell The Incorporation Doctrine is a commonly accepted constitutional interpretation asserting that the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution made the Bill of Rights enforceable by the federal government ...
Read more.The First Amendment’s Wall of Separation
By: Mike Maharrey In an 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their ...
Read more.Refuting the “Second Amendment Protected Slavery” Argument Part II: The Virginia Ratifying Convention
By: TJ Martinell Note: This is the second in a three-part series examining a pro-slavery interpretation of the Second Amendment that persists to this day. You can read part 1 HERE. The ...
Read more.Refuting the Claim that the Second Amendment was Intended to Protect Slavery
By: TJ Martinell Note: This is the first in a three-part series examining a false “pro-slavery” interpretation of the Second Amendment that persists to this day. In efforts to undermine the ...
Read more.The First Amendment’s Wall of Separation
By: Mike Maharrey In an 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their ...
Read more.Bill of Rights: The Ignored History of Why it Exists
By: Michael Boldin Today is “Bill of Rights Day” – commemorating ratification on Dec. 15, 1791. But what the government-run schools – and supporters of the monster state – “teach” about ...
Read more.Federal Farmer: Amendments are Essential and Necessary
By: TJ Martinell In his sixth letter dated Dec. 25, 1787, the Federal Farmer wrote of the “essential and necessary” inclusion of meaningful amendments to the Constitution prior to its ratification. Though ...
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