“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Consolidation – we were warned – would guarantee a destruction of liberty. But many founders seemed to believe they could pull off a “proper” or “partial” consolidation and not get a system of “unremitted despotism.” Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition:...
It’s a trap! – tacitly accepting a collectivist gun grabber view of the 2nd Amendment to oppose the Defend the Guard Act. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: March 22, 2024 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tentherradio/path-032224.mp3Podcast: Play in new...
Federal Farmer warned that liberty under the constitution would depend primarily on the worst of all possible checks, “the prudence, wisdom and moderation of those who manage the affairs of government.” Path to Liberty: March 11, 2024...
The Federal Farmer lays out a laundry list of reasons why the system under the constitution “will have a strong tendency to aristocracy, or the government of the few.” Predicting it would ultimately result in a consolidated government ruling by “fear and force.” Path...
In the first of his 18 anti-federalist letters, the Federal Farmer warned against adopting a new system hastily out of fear, which has always “been the custom of tyrants and their dependents.” Instead, he urged caution – and a deeper look at what might lead to...