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Undefined Power: Anti-Federalist Federal Farmer No. 4-5

Undefined Power: Anti-Federalist Federal Farmer No. 4-5

Federal Farmer warned that liberty under the constitution would depend primarily on the worst of all possible checks, “the prudence, ...
A Real State of the Union: George Washington's First Annual Address

A Real State of the Union: George Washington’s First Annual Address

January 8, 1790: George Washington delivered the first message to Congress on the state of the Union. No pomp, no ...
Top-5 Reasons for the Monster State

Top-5 Reasons for the Monster State

Understanding how things got so bad is the first step on the road to recovery, the path to liberty ...
"Freedom is the Prize" - Joseph Warren's Boston Massacre Day Oration v2

“Freedom is the Prize” – Joseph Warren’s Boston Massacre Day Oration v2

“Act worthy of yourselves.” In the face of a standing army occupier - and direct threats to his own life, ...
More Wins: Nullification Movement News

More Wins: Nullification Movement News

Big steps forward - with bills passing on sound money, privacy, the right to keep and bear arms, CBDCs and ...
"Mrs President," Abigail Adams

“Mrs President,” Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams was a fierce advocate for independence, warned that power always grows, repeatedly pushed for the advancement of women, ...

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Category: 10th Amendment

The 10th Amendment Movement: A Revolution in Thought

The 10th Amendment Movement: A Revolution in Thought

A radical Change in the “Principles, Opinions, Sentiments and Affection of the People” was the real American Revolution of the ...
10th Amendment: The Enumerated Powers of States

10th Amendment: The Enumerated Powers of States

During the debates over ratifying the Constitution, its opponents said It’s not enough to list what the federal government can ...
Constitution 101: Powers Reserved to the States or to the People

Constitution 101: Powers Reserved to the States or to the People

While the Constitution was being considered in state ratifying conventions, prominent supporters of ratification repeatedly gave the people lists of ...

Category: Nullification Essentials

Thomas Jefferson's Other Declaration: The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798

Thomas Jefferson’s Other Declaration: The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798

Most people know that Jefferson was the primary drafter of the Declaration of Independence, but few have even heard of ...
The Seeds of Nullification: A Lesson from the Articles of Confederation

The Seeds of Nullification: A Lesson from the Articles of Confederation

What do taxes, fiat money, a refusal to cooperate and the Articles of Confederation have to do with nullification strategy ...
Nullification Wasn't Invented by Thomas Jefferson

Nullification Wasn’t Invented by Thomas Jefferson

While some people may believe that Thomas Jefferson invented the doctrine of nullification - because he called it the “rightful ...

Category: Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Federal Stimulus Funds Gun Control Surveillance

Federal Stimulus Funds Gun Control Surveillance

A gun control surveillance technology - “acoustic gunshot detection” - has been funded by unconstitutional federal grants to local police ...
Missouri vs Joe on Federal Gun Control

Missouri vs Joe on Federal Gun Control

The Missouri 2nd Amendment Preservation Act is working so well - ending state and local enforcement of federal gun control ...
Copposition: Thin Blue Line vs the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Copposition: Thin Blue Line vs the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

In state after state, after state ...the most aggressive - and effective - opponents of legislation to protect or advance ...

Category: In the Founders’ Words

Thomas Paine: The Evils of Paper Money

Thomas Paine: The Evils of Paper Money

While most people associate support for sound money with founders like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, in 1786 Thomas Paine ...
Samuel Adams: "All Might be Free"

Samuel Adams: “All Might be Free”

The “Father of the American Revolution” understood what it took to advance and defend freedom in opposition to the largest ...
Founding Mothers: Top-5 Quotes from Women of the Revolution

Founding Mothers: Top-5 Quotes from Women of the Revolution

While they're often lost down the memory hole, or just plain forgotten and ignored, these "founding mothers" have some timeless ...

Category: Federal Courts

Court Packing: Unnecessary and Improper

Court Packing: Unnecessary and Improper

Is Court Packing Constitutional? Based on how they want to use it - no, and it’s not even close. Expanding ...
Supreme Court: Warnings from the Anti-Federalists

Supreme Court: Warnings from the Anti-Federalists

This bleak state of affairs surrounding the Constitution - and especially the federal courts - should not surprise anyone who ...
The Marbury v Madison Myth

The Marbury v Madison Myth

almost everything in modern "constitutional law" is based on a myth ...

Category: Police State

The Supreme Court is a Big Part of the Problem: Police State Edition

The Supreme Court is a Big Part of the Problem: Police State Edition

Much of the police state we live under today has been given a green light by the Supreme Court - ...
They're Lying: No-Knock Warrant Edition

They’re Lying: No-Knock Warrant Edition

We were warned. Don’t trust anyone with power to endanger liberty. Yet some people who are on board with that, ...
Predictive Policing: Weaponizing Data and Location

Predictive Policing: Weaponizing Data and Location

Often funded by federal grant programs and even operated out of federally-designated fusion centers, "predictive policing" software is showing up ...

Category: Nullification Strategy

Resistance Should be the First Response, Not the Last

Resistance Should be the First Response, Not the Last

To the founders and old revolutionaries, resistance to attacks on liberty was an essential part of the system, and essential ...
Top-5 Ways to Nullify the Feds

Top-5 Ways to Nullify the Feds

Relying on the federal government to limit its own power has given us the largest government in the history of ...
Spooner's Strategy to Stop Usurpation

Spooner’s Strategy to Stop Usurpation

In his 1850 pamphlet, “A Defence for Fugitive Slaves,” Lysander Spooner gave us a strategy for how to stop unconstitutional ...

Category: Essential History

Jefferson's Favorite Book on Government?

Jefferson’s Favorite Book on Government?

The Declaration of Independence was not an effort to “find out new principles,” according to Thomas Jefferson. Instead, it was ...
What Makes a Free People?

What Makes a Free People?

The so-called “land of the free” is filled to the brim with government acts, laws, mandates orders, rules, and regulations ...
The Danger of Factions: Nothing New Under the Sun

The Danger of Factions: Nothing New Under the Sun

A “frightful despotism,” would be the result of an “alternate domination of one faction over another,” warned George Washington. He ...

Category: Surveillance

Making a Mockery of the 4th Amendment

Making a Mockery of the 4th Amendment

Despite a well-documented pattern of lawlessness by the FBI, including a failure to comply with even the most modest reforms, ...
Nullification Win: 2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act

Nullification Win: 2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act

A handful of states have put a stop - at least for now - to the next phase of gun ...
Nullify Everything! NMN Ep 10

Nullify Everything! NMN Ep 10

Getting some W’s, but as Samuel Adams told us, now is not the time to “sit down satisfied with the ...

Category: War Powers

James Madison: Universal Peace

James Madison: Universal Peace

In a little-known 1792 essay, James Madison recognized that “a universal and perpetual peace” is something that might never exist ...
Liberty is the Price of Endless War

Liberty is the Price of Endless War

When most people talk about federal overreach, they generally focus on domestic issues - education, healthcare, social policy, mandates, and ...
Never Forget: 20 Years of Conquering at Home

Never Forget: 20 Years of Conquering at Home

Fear is the foundation of government power. And war is the “art of conquering at home.” Insight and warnings from ...

Category: Asset Forfeiture

Stolen Loot, Secret Spending and Stingray Surveillance

Stolen Loot, Secret Spending and Stingray Surveillance

Asset forfeiture, federal equitable sharing funds, secret warrantless surveillance and more. All unconstitutional - and all in a day’s work ...
Criminal: The Federal "Equitable Sharing" Asset Forfeiture Program

Criminal: The Federal “Equitable Sharing” Asset Forfeiture Program

In 1984, a Senator from Delaware who now lives in the White House helped create the federal civil asset forfeiture ...
2nd Amendment: What the Heck is Happening in Texas?

2nd Amendment: What the Heck is Happening in Texas?

Some bad news, followed by more bad news, unfortunately. A “2nd Amendment Sanctuary” bill in Texas has a pretty major ...

Category: Nullification Movement

Status Report: Defend the Guard, Support the Constitution

Status Report: Defend the Guard, Support the Constitution

The imperial government in Washington D.C. has been using and abusing the National Guard - and violating the Constitution while ...
Missouri vs Joe on Federal Gun Control

Missouri vs Joe on Federal Gun Control

The Missouri 2nd Amendment Preservation Act is working so well - ending state and local enforcement of federal gun control ...
Nullify: Latest News from the 10th Amendment Movement

Nullify: Latest News from the 10th Amendment Movement

Brick-by-brick and person-by-person. State-by-state and issue-by-issue. Building a foundation for the Constitution and Liberty. Surveillance, forfeiture, prohibition and more - ...

Category: Federal Reserve

States vs CBDC: Here Comes the Opposition

States vs CBDC: Here Comes the Opposition

As support for state efforts against a central bank digital currency ramps up, we’re starting to hear what opponents have ...
James Madison vs a Central Bank Digital Currency

James Madison vs a Central Bank Digital Currency

States and individuals can stop a CBDC. It’s going to take hard work - and good strategy. The latter, we’ve ...
Florida to Ban CBDC's as Money

Florida to Ban CBDC’s as Money

To the founders and old revolutionaries, liberty requires a rejection of fear, ignorance, and a culture of obedience. But it ...

Category: Brutus’ Antifederalist Papers

No Representation: Antifederalist Brutus No. 4

No Representation: Antifederalist Brutus No. 4

In his 4th essay, Antifederalist Brutus made the case that the federal House of Representatives could never be truly representative ...
Infinite‌ ‌and‌ ‌Incomprehensible:‌ ‌Antifederalist‌ ‌Brutus‌ ‌No.‌ ‌5‌

Infinite‌ ‌and‌ ‌Incomprehensible:‌ ‌Antifederalist‌ ‌Brutus‌ ‌No.‌ ‌5‌

Rather than a general government with few and defined powers, in his 5th essay, Antifederalist Brutus warned that a combination ...
Destroying the States: Antifederalist Brutus No. 6

Destroying the States: Antifederalist Brutus No. 6

Continuing his theme of warning against consolidation, or centralization of power, Brutus looks at the taxing power and general welfare, ...

Category: Cato’s Antifederalist Papers

President or King? Antifederalist Cato No. 4

President or King? Antifederalist Cato No. 4

Cato was one of the first Antifederalist writers to examine the executive branch. He predicted it would “tend either to ...
Don't Trust Government: Antifederalist Cato No. 5

Don’t Trust Government: Antifederalist Cato No. 5

In his 5th paper, Cato reiterates the issues he has with the structure of the executive branch, moves on to ...
Insupportable Burdens: Antifederalist Cato No. 6

Insupportable Burdens: Antifederalist Cato No. 6

In his 6th Antifederalist paper, Cato predicted direct taxation on individuals in spite of Federalist assurances the government would be ...

Category: Patrick Henry’s Antifederalist Speeches

Imaginary vs Real Dangers: Patrick Henry's Anti-Federalist Speech No. 4

Imaginary vs Real Dangers: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speech No. 4

In his 4th speech during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry made the case that the constitution was being sold ...
Implied vs Expressly Reserved: Patrick Henry's Anti-Federalist Speeches 5-7

Implied vs Expressly Reserved: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speeches 5-7

In a series of speeches during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry warned that despite arguments to the contrary, the ...
Treaties, Trials and Supremacy: Patrick Henry's Anti-Federalist Speeches 8-10

Treaties, Trials and Supremacy: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speeches 8-10

In a series of speeches during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry warned against a combination of the treaty, the ...

Category: Letters from a Federal Farmer

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