Jefferson Nullified? The Embargo of 1807-09
Just 9 years after Thomas Jefferson called for nullification of the Alien and Sedition Acts – states and individuals took the same kind of strategy against his Embargo Act – signed by Pres. Jefferson in late 1807 – and a series of follow up acts to...
Destroyer of Liberty: Consolidation
The founders considered consolidation one of the greatest threats to liberty. Both federalist and anti-federalist alike agreed on this political maxim, at least publicly. Their debate was mostly over whether the proposed constitution was creating such a centralized...
Was the 10th Amendment Redundant?
Thomas Jefferson considered the 10th Amendment the โFoundation of the Constitution.โ But he was far from alone. Even before the 10th was drafted, leading federalists repeatedly told us the Constitution was written under this same structure of delegated and reserved...