One Step is a Step Too Far
Thomas Jefferson warned that just one single step beyond the limits of the Constitution is one too many.ย Thatโs because when the government crosses that line, it unlocks a virtually unlimited reservoir of power. “To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus...
Who’s in Charge? The Founders on Sovereignty
“I say supreme absolute power is originally and ultimately in the people.โ In Rights of the British Colonists Asserted and Proved, James Otis Jr. was describing โsovereignty.โ Sovereignty simply means final andย absolute authority. Therefore, those who have it...
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 donโt work. Oaths? Meaningless. Elections? Theater. Separation of powers? Not in practice. As he put it, tyrants only care about one...