Obsta Principiis: Have We Waited too Long to Save Our Constitution and Our Freedom?
The spirit of liberty is, and ought to be, a jealous, a watchful spirit. Obsta Principiis is her motto and maxim; knowing that her enemies are secret and cunning, making the earliest advances slowly, silently and softly, and that according to her unerring oracle...
Samuel von Pufendorf: A Lasting, Though Forgotten, Influence on Our Founding Fathers
Samuel von Pufendorf, a prominent 17th-century philosopher and jurist, led a life that was profoundly influenced by his family’s experiences during the devastating Thirty Years War and left a lasting, though now largely forgotten, influence on the American Founding...
The Petition of Right of 1628: A Forgotten Cornerstone of Our Constitution
Three hundred and ninety-five years ago, one of the most important documents in the history of the creation of the United States Constitution became law, though today there are few who have heard it taught. That seminal statute is the Petition of Right of 1628. This...