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No Emergency Powers in the Constitution

No Emergency Powers in the Constitution

There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes the federal government to declare an emergency or to exercise emergency powers ...
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Tyranny Is Rising as Freedom Falls

Tyranny Is Rising as Freedom Falls

The government has knocked us off our rightful throne. It has usurped our rightful authority. It has staged the ultimate coup. Its agents no longer even pretend that they answer ...
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War Powers: The True History of George Washington and the Indian Tribes

War Powers: The True History of George Washington and the Indian Tribes

In response to attacks by another nation and a formal declaration of war on the U.S., the president repeatedly held the line, insisting he was unable to authorize anything beyond ...
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Taking Rights Seriously

Taking Rights Seriously

The most famous of these recognitions were Thomas Jefferson's opening two sentences in the Declaration of Independence that self-evident truths come not from persons but from "the Laws of Nature ...
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William Dawes: A Literally Unsung Hero of American Liberty

William Dawes: A Literally Unsung Hero of American Liberty

The most defining moment of Dawes’ life came on the night of April 18, 1775. The British planned a surprise raid on Concord, Massachusetts, aiming to seize Colonial arms and ...
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War Powers: The True History of Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates

War Powers: The True History of Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates

Like so many other myths about expansive federal power, historical truth doesn’t back up the commonly held narrative. In fact, Jefferson deferred to Congress throughout the Barbary conflict ...
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The Truth about the Much-Abused Commerce Clause

The Truth about the Much-Abused Commerce Clause

During the public debates over the Constitution, the Commerce Clause was relatively uncontroversial. People realized that it was both a necessary—and a limited—grant of power ...
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Johnsoncare, Bushcare, Obamacare, and Trumpcare

Johnsoncare, Bushcare, Obamacare, and Trumpcare

One thing is certain: Because Trump and the vast majority of Republicans have no philosophical objection to government involvement in the health care and health insurance industries, Trumpcare II will ...
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Mercy Otis Warren: Constitution Would "Terminate in the Most Uncontrolled Despotism"

Mercy Otis Warren: Constitution Would “Terminate in the Most Uncontrolled Despotism”

Her chief worry was that the Constitution would abandon the principles of the American Revolution and facilitate consolidation of the states under a powerful national government.  In other words, it ...
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How the Federal Reserve Backstops the Biggest Government in History

How the Federal Reserve Backstops the Biggest Government in History

with the Federal Reserve monetary operation in play, the government can borrow and spend far more than it otherwise could. And that means the government is bigger than it otherwise ...
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Liberty Poles: Symbols of Freedom From Tyranny, Ancient and Modern

Liberty Poles: Symbols of Freedom From Tyranny, Ancient and Modern

Although little is ever spoken of the liberty pole today, at the time of the American War for Independence and decades prior, they were the symbol of self-government and freedom ...
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The Global Deep State: Funded by the American Taxpayer

The Global Deep State: Funded by the American Taxpayer

The problem is not so much that taxpayers are unaware of how their hard-earned dollars are being spent. Rather, “we the people” continue to be told that we have no ...

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