“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.”
In a letter to Benjamin Rush, Thomas Jefferson told him of his “trinity of the three greatest men the world had ever produced.” Bacon, Newton and Locke. Path to Liberty: November 8, 2023 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tentherradio/path-110823.mp3Podcast: Play in...
“Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” We’re all familiar with this from the Declaration of Independence, but there’s much more to our natural rights foundation. Learn from the Founders and Old Revolutionaries. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition:...
In the Wall Street Journal, Hadley Arkes: ‘Originalist’ Judges Lose Sight of Truths That Precede Law – Even if the Constitution is silent on abortion, nature and science have a lot to say about it. From the introduction: The Supreme Court opens its new term...
The Declaration of Independence was not an effort to “find out new principles,” according to Thomas Jefferson. Instead, it was intended as “an expression of the American mind,” which was based on the principles of the greats like Locke, Cicero – and a guy named...
Understanding the Constitution part II As a Constitutional reawakening takes place across the nation renewing the debate of it’s meaning and intent, it is important that we try to understand not only the document, but the ideas behind it, so we can make better sense...