Oppose a Disease at its Beginning
Allowing government to take even a single step beyond the limits of the constitution sets a precedent for more and more…and more. “Like a cancer, it eats faster and faster every hour.” The only way to preserve liberty is to nip these shoots of arbitrary power in the...
Stamp Act Repeal, Declaratory Act and the Supremacy Clause?
Today in history – on March 18, 1766 – the British Parliament repealed the hated Stamp Act after widespread resistance led to what Murray Rothbard referred to as “the People’s Nullification of the Stamp Act.” As TAC historian and blogger...
Compliance is Violence: Dickinson and Spooner on the Path to Liberty
John Dickinson and Lysander Spooner were separated by nearly a century in life, and possibly even more in their political goals. But they both understood what we need to understand more today. Compliance establishes the “detestable precedent.” It ensures the...