The Myth of Unlimited Federal Supremacy
The supremacy clause โexpressly limits this supremacy to laws made pursuant to the Constitution.โ 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...
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...
We the People vs We the States: The Constitution’s Real Purpose
Constitution vs Articles of Confederation? Instead of a government that acted through the states, the constitution created something radically different – and almost no one today understands what that change really was. But the Framers told us, over and over....