The Imperial Senate: Anti-Federalist Warnings
A permanent or baneful aristocracy – despite federalist assurances to the contrary – with senators mostly serving for life – that’s what many anti-federalists warned we’d get with the structure of the federal Senate. Path to Liberty:...
Executive Power Warnings
It should be obvious by now that the executive branch wields far too much power. The founding generation considered this kind of consolidation one of the greatest threats to liberty. Some warned that the system wouldn’t self-enforce and predicted the “elective...
The Other 16th Amendment: Separation of Powers
James Madison considered the separation of powers so important he not only called it a “dogmatic maxim,” he expressly included it as the 16th of his proposed Amendments to include a Bill of Rights. Path to Liberty: May 2, 2022...