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This Isn't a Warrant. It's a Home Invasion.

This Isn’t a Warrant. It’s a Home Invasion.

It started a revolution. Now it's just your average Wednesday. Government agents with blank-check power to search and seize - no oath, no probable cause, no limits. James Otis called ...
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Freedom Isn't Granted: It's Exercised and Defended

Freedom Isn’t Granted: It’s Exercised and Defended

You canโ€™t build a true โ€œland of the freeโ€ on hope, wishing for the โ€œright peopleโ€ to gain power and resist the temptation to abuse it ...
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You're not Free. You're Ruled.

You’re not Free. You’re Ruled.

The foundation of the American revolution was a question of WHO IS IN CHARGE: government, or the people? This is the story of the real root cause of the clash ...
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Who's in Charge? The Founders on Sovereignty

Who’s in Charge? The Founders on Sovereignty

No servant is greater than the master. That means the people are in charge. They have final authority. They just need to start using it in support of their own ...
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How to Spot a Redcoat: Easy 6-Step Guide

How to Spot a Redcoat: Easy 6-Step Guide

Theyโ€™re EVERYWHERE! They donโ€™t wear British uniforms. They hide their true colors under slogans and wrap it in patriotism. But listen to what they support, and youโ€™ll see the old ...
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This isn't America. It's "Do As You're Told."

This isn’t America. It’s “Do As You’re Told.”

The founders fought a long, bloody war to secede from the British - where government held total power, and the people were expected to comply, or die. The views they ...
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Was Elbridge Gerry the "Federal Farmer"?

Was Elbridge Gerry the “Federal Farmer”?

Theย Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republicanย are among the most highly regarded productions of Antifederalist literature ...
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Usurpation: Weapon to Destroy Freedom

Usurpation: Weapon to Destroy Freedom

Usurpation, as the founders used the word, is the exercise of unauthorized, illegal, unconstitutional power. Or to put it more bluntly, stealing power from its rightful source.ย  ...
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This isn't Asking Permission. It's Physical Removal.

This isn’t Asking Permission. It’s Physical Removal.

1768 Boston. British agents board John Hancock's ship. No warrant. No authorization. What happens next isn't a petition or a court filing. It's what the founders showed a free people ...
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This isn't Defense. It's the Constitution Betrayed.

This isn’t Defense. It’s the Constitution Betrayed.

He wanted a president for life - the ultimate big-government founder. Yet Alexander Hamilton's position on war powers makes every modern president look like theyโ€™ve completely betrayed the constitution. The ...
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Originalism, Nonoriginalism and Venezuela

Originalism, Nonoriginalism and Venezuela

So you can say the President acted unconstitutionally, or you can say originalism is bunk, but you can't say both ...
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He Could Have Been King. Watch What He Did Instead.

He Could Have Been King. Watch What He Did Instead.

January 8, 1790: George Washington delivered the first State of the Union. It wasn't a royal decree. It was a job report. No applause. No guests. Just the shortest annual ...
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Parchment barriers don't stop tyranny

Parchment barriers don’t stop tyranny

Words on paper donโ€™t stop tyranny. Never did.ย  Never will.ย  ...