Constitution
General Welfare Clause: The Truth They Never Teach
โIt would be ABSURD to say โฆ Congress may do what they please.โ That was James Madison, obliterating the modern lie that the general Welfare Clause is a blank check for almost unlimited power. But thatโs exactly how itโs treated and used today. The general Welfare...
Nondelegation: The Constitutional Principle Almost Everyone Ignores
โThe very definition of tyranny.โ That’s how James Madison described the consolidation of legislative, executive, and judicial power in the same hands. This wasn’t just a warning. It’s one of the core principles underlying the Constitution:...
Three Pillars of Power: Luther Martin’s Anti-Federalist Warnings
Luther Martin warned that the Constitution would create a centralized national government with few real restraints – one that would steadily erode state sovereignty, override local control, and impose its will under the guise of law. In his essay Genuine...
Lysander Spooner’s Case Against Judicial Supremacy
โAn unconstitutional judicial decision is no more binding than an unconstitutional legislative act.โ That was Lysander Spooner, utterly rejecting the doctrine of judicial supremacy – the dangerous notion that a judicial opinion becomes law simply because judges...