Constitution
The Myth of Unlimited Federal Supremacy
The supremacy clause “expressly limits this supremacy to laws made pursuant to the Constitution.” Even Alexander Hamilton understood this. And he was as big of a fan of centralized national power as you could find among the founders. But today, almost all the...
Lysander Spooner: The Truth About “Checks and Balances”
Spooner understood something most Americans still refuse to believe today. Every check on federal power you were taught about? They don’t work. Oaths? Meaningless. Elections? Theater. Separation of powers? Not in practice. As he put it, tyrants only care about one...
A Trumpian Headache
President Donald Trump’s use of the U.S. military to kill persons on speed boats in international waters, or in territorial waters claimed by other sovereign nations — all 1,500 miles from the U.S. — has posed grave issues of due process. The...
Five Weapons. One Target: Your Liberty.
The Anti-Federalists weren’t just arguing politics; they were issuing dire warnings for generations to come. They predicted the Constitution contained the seeds of tyranny that would lead to a corrupt aristocracy or monarchy. On this episode, we explore five of...