Constitution
The Evils of Paper Money: Roger Sherman and A Caveat Against Injustice
You are being ripped off. When it comes to fiat paper “money,” Richard Sherman didn’t hold back. He saw it as an unjust and totally immoral weapon that turns government into a legalized protection racket for fraud. He made that case in his incredibly important, but...
How the Founders Explained Limits on the Federal Government
“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 45 Current controversy over the power of President...
Missing the Marque: Reviving a Forgotten Constitutional Clause
Fortunately, there is a means of exposing suspected terrorists to justice, even when they are hiding out in nations that refuse to extradite them to the United States for that purpose. Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution authorizes Congress to “grant...
John Taylor’s Forgotten Warning about Judges Rewriting the Constitution.
“It is … the natural enemy of our home-bred form of government, and ought to awaken the resistance of all legislative and judicial departments, and the detestation of every person not enriched by this ruinous commerce.” That warning came from John Taylor of...