“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.”
We were warned. Relying on the federal government to magically limit its own power would guarantee that power would always grow. As a result, we live under the largest government in history today. But there’s an awakening – more and more people are recognizing...
To the founders and old revolutionaries, resistance to attacks on liberty was an essential part of the system, and essential for the maintenance of freedom. But resisting government usurpations isn’t supposed to be the last thing a people do – it should be...
The federal government and the states are partners in almost every major domestic policy area. And, as leading founders like Madison, Sherman – and even Hamilton – told us, partnerships don’t work when half the team quits. But it’s not just theory. We’re...
Facing the largest government in the history of the world, is our situation hopeless? Absolutely not. But things won’t be easy to turn around – and it won’t happen fast. To move things forward for the Constitution and liberty – a few sacred cows need to be...
In his 1850 pamphlet, “A Defence for Fugitive Slaves,” Lysander Spooner gave us a strategy for how to stop unconstitutional acts: resist. But the philosophical foundation he built this on was nothing new under the sun. In fact, the famed anarchist was merely...