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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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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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Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural: Timeless Blueprint for the Constitution

February 25, 2025 Uncategorized 0

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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Jury Nullification: How “We the People” Can Overrule the Government

By: Michael Boldin   Trial by Jury. Thomas Jefferson considered it “the only anchor ever imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” Jury ...

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Prelude to Independence: Thomas Jefferson Declares British Acts Null and Void

By: Mike Maharrey     “The British parliament has no right to exercise authority over us.”  At all. This was the bold conclusion Thomas Jefferson came to in his powerful pamphlet A ...

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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 ...

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Free and Independent: The Foreign Policy of Washington and Jefferson

By: Michael Boldin     Anxious to preserve their hard-won independence, Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson championed a foreign policy centered on avoiding “entangling alliances.” They envisioned America pursuing peace, ...

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Countering Relentless Propaganda and Widespread Ignorance

November 2, 2023 Education / Founding Principles 0

By: Michael Boldin Thomas Jefferson warned us. “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” The people ...

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Six Must Read Sources from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

By: Michael Boldin Most people today have little to no familiarity with any of the principles that influenced the founders. Below, you’ll find 6 important resources hand-picked by Thomas Jefferson and ...

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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison’s “Must Read” Sources to Understand Liberty and American Government

August 4, 2023 Founding Principles 0

By: Mike Maharrey How can we learn about the founding principles and the meaning of the Constitution? Minutes from an 1825 meeting of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors shed some ...

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