Criminalizing Free Speech: The Sedition Act Trials
Attacks on the Freedom of Speech are nothing new. Benjamin Franklin warned about them as far back as 1722. And the Sedition Act of 1798 was a direct assault. Learn the stories of some of the people arrested and prosecuted under one of the worst federal acts in...
John Adams: From Revolutionary to Monarchist?
One of the leading voices for liberty and independence in his earlier years, there was certainly a change of approach once John Adams became president. A cautionary tale of the corrupting influence power – or politics in general? Path to Liberty: September 2,...
Purity Tests and Strategy: Advice from Leading Founders
Some people believe you should only support legislation, ideas, people – or anything for that matter – if everything they believe in is accomplished in one fell swoop. But this flies in the face of the winning strategy advised by some of the most prominent...