James Madison and the Necessary and Proper Clause
Madison argued that it doesn’t give the government any additional powers.
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James Madison in Context: Correcting a Nullification-Denying Professor
People periodically tell us that James Madison did not really support nullification. But in fact, the “Father of the Constitution” upheld the basic principles consistently throughout his life.
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The Thomas Jefferson Nobody Knows
Tom Woods reviews Kevin Gutzman’s important new book on Jefferson.
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What if We Don’t Really Govern Ourselves?
Judge Andrew Napolitano Asks: What do we do about it?
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America’s Continued Posturing for War through NATO
Instead of shuttering the doors of the NATO headquarters in Belgium, the powers that-be want to find a new mission for the alliance.
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Public/Private Partnerships: Government-Sanctioned Monopolies
Local and state governments interested in free market solutions and lower costs to tax payers must resist the temptation for an easy fix
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1937: A Year That Will Live in Infamy
The principal decisions were those which established as constitutional on a 5-4 vote the Wagner National Labor Relations Act and the Social Security Act.
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A Gift for My Daughter
If I could give you just one thing, I’d want it to be a simple truth that took me many years to learn. If you learn it now, it may enrich your life in hundreds of ways.
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A Powerful Government and a Weak Nation
The founding generation considered their own government the greatest threat to liberty.
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Unconstitutional: Search Warrants Based on Governmental “Need”
The NSA actually makes its repository of raw data from emails and text messages available for the FBI to scour at will, without the FBI’s obtaining a warrant issued by a judge pursuant to the Fourth Amendment.
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Including the Ocean Floor, the Feds Own Much More Land than You Think
Is US land ownership heavily socialized? Let’s begin answering this question by considering the states with the largest percentages of government-owned lands.
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Dangerous Speech: Would the Founders Be Considered Domestic Extremists Today?
In more and more cases, the government deems free speech to be dangerous
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