General Welfare Clause: The Truth They Never Teach
By: Michael Boldin “It would be ABSURD to say … Congress may do what they please.” That was James Madison, obliterating the modern lie that the general Welfare Clause is ...
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Nondelegation: The Constitutional Principle Almost Everyone Ignores
By: Michael Boldin “The very definition of tyranny.” That’s how James Madison described the consolidation of legislative, executive, and judicial power in the same hands. This wasn’t just a warning. ...
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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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Make America STATES Again
America will remain the land of the free and home of the brave only if the states stand up against federal abuses and say enough is enough. ... by Christian ...
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War Powers: The True History of James Madison, the Constitution and the War of 1812
By: Mike Maharrey In the early years of the United States under the Constitution, James Madison made one of the most compelling constitutional arguments against unilateral presidential war powers. Through ...
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“General Welfare” and “Common Defense” Explained by James Madison
By: Mike Maharrey The words “provide for the common defense and general welfare” rank among the most abused phrases in the Constitution. I often refer to this as the “anything ...
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James Madison on the Ignored “Fundamental Principle of the Revolution”
By: Mike Maharrey Forget schoolhouse history. James Madison exposed a much deeper truth about the American Revolution. It wasn’t just “taxation without representation.” He argued that This clash, Madison declared, ...
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Timely Lessons About Tyranny from the Father of the Constitution
By: John Whitehead James Madison, often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution,” once predicted that the Bill of Rights would become mere “parchment barrier,” words on paper ...
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The Tyranny of the Majority
By: Judge Andrew Napolitano Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version of ...
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Constituting Unity
by Yuval Levin We live in an age of animosity. Americans are polarized, and often bitterly divided. And the institutions of our public life seem only to exacerbate our discord. ...
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