Refuse to Cooperate: How the Colonies Responded to the Boston Port Act
James Madison gave us a blueprint to stop “unwarrantable” government actions (or even “warrantable” actions that happen to be unpopular) in Federalist #46. Madison wrote that “a refusal to cooperate with officers of the union” would...
Lysander Spooner’s Strategy to Stop Unconstitutional Acts
Resist. That was Lysander Spooner’s strategy to stop unconstitutional acts that was very much in line with James Madison and other prominent founders. Spooner was a prominent 19th-century slavery abolitionist. He is well-known in libertarian and anarchist...
Biden Ramping Up Unconstitutional War in Somalia Again
President Joe Biden has ratcheted up America’s quiet little war in Somalia. President Donald Trump directed a significant escalation of the long-running U.S. war in the East African nation. In 2017, he loosened the rules of engagement for the drone war in...