These are perilous times. They are made worse by the government's political reaction to lawless behavior, which is a greater threat to personal liberty than the behavior it seeks to ...
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Beloved in America and Europe, Franklin may very well have been the most popular figure in the world during his lifetime ...
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As discussed in my previous post, Blackstone opens Chapter 9 with the observation that he will not write about “his majesty’s great officers of state” because “I do not know ...
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Judicial independence, Brutus maintained, was vital, but it did not entail the right of judicial domination ...
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The Constitution’s framers expected the federal government to live off indirect taxes, except in wartime. But they didn’t write that into the document ...
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During the debate over ratification of the Constitution, one of the greatest fears voiced by opponents was the specter of "consolidation." ...
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Blackstone begins Chapter 9 by saying that he will “proceed to enquire into the rights and duties of the principal subordinate magistrates." ...
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In Federalist Nos. 78 and 81, Hamilton sought to provide a point-by-point rejoinder to Brutus' charges ...
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Congress broke the meat supply chain decades ago ...
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Disgruntled mobs. Martial law. A populace under house arrest. A techno-corporate state wielding its power to immobilize huge swaths of the country. A Constitution in tatters. Between the riots, lockdowns, ...
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This post addresses a key area in which, in Blackstone’s description, the king’s removal power was limited: the tenure of judges.  Blackstone’s discussion there is in sharp contrast to his ...
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Top-10 Quotes from the Founders and Old Revolutionaries: Standing for Liberty Against the Largest Government in History ...
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