Strategy
No Defense? No Rights.
Use ‘em or lose ‘em! People who fail to defend their own rights will, as Joseph Hawley warned, quickly end up with none at all. “The People or State who will not or cannot defend their liberties and rights will not have any for any long time.” Here’s what the founders...
VOID: Unconstitutional “Laws” are No Law at All
VOID! That’s how the founders described any federal action that goes beyond the limits of the Constitution. As 3rd Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth made clear, when government claims powers it was never delegated, its acts are no law at all. “If they make a law which...
The Original Shutdown Wasn’t a Political Game. It Was Revolution.
On October 20th, 1774, the First Continental Congress passed the Continental Association, a coordinated economic shutdown in response to relentless attacks by the British Empire, including the hated Coercive Acts. It was a four pronged strategy that included a...
This Wasn’t a Request. It Was a Refusal.
The First Continental Congress met in 1774 to respond to the hated Coercive Acts – Parliament’s brutal punishment for the Boston Tea Party. They had a decision: submit to tyranny, or resist. Their answer was the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental...