A Single Step: The Weapon They Use to Destroy Liberty
A single step beyond the limits of the constitution – is a step too far. Thomas Jefferson – in his 1791 opinion on the constitutionality of the national bank – put it like this: “To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around...
The Failed Strategy of “Vote the Bums Out” is Making Things Even Worse
From Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson to Lysander Spooner – the notion that the people should submit until they can replace enough politicians to stop the government from doing what the government was never authorized to do in the first place – is only a...
A Fatal Error: A Single Step is a Step Too Far
Supporting one version of an unconstitutional government program over another – because it seems to be the “least offensive” option – is not only what leading founders called a “fatal error,” but it also sets a precedent for more of...