The general Welfare Clause: An Introduction
Supporters of the monster state want you to believe that the general Welfare clause in the Constitution gives the federal government the power to do pretty much anything and everything. And since the federal courts have adopted the Hamiltonian view over the Madisonian...
Partnerships Don’t Work When Half the Team Quits
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 donโt work when half the team quits. But itโs not just theory. Weโre...
Spooner’s Strategy to Stop Usurpation
In his 1850 pamphlet, โA Defence for Fugitive Slaves,โ 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...