Oppose a Disease at its Beginning
Allowing government to take even a single step beyond the limits of the constitution sets a precedent for more and moreโฆand more. โLike a cancer, it eats faster and faster every hour.โ The only way to preserve liberty is to nip these shoots of arbitrary power in the...
Today in History: John Marshall Nominated as Chief Justice
Today in 1801, John Marshall was appointed the Chief Justice of the United States by President John Adams. Nominated at a time of severe partisan discord, Adams hoped Marshallโs appointment would help to counteract the influence of the Jeffersonian Republicans and...
The Danger of Factions: Nothing New Under the Sun
A โfrightful despotism,โ would be the result of an โalternate domination of one faction over another,โ warned George Washington. He was joined – with similar warnings – by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Thomas Jefferson and many others....