Federalist 21: Hamilton’s Plea for Power
Here, we see shadows of Hamilton’s real goal: a powerful central government that can extend its power into the states.
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Conservative Americans should stop rapping about Hamilton and start railing against him
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Federalist #20: Imbecilic Government
Even as Madison tried to highlight the problems with weak central governments, he swerved into a broader truth – constitutions in general don’t do a very good job of restraining government on their own
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America’s Hamiltonian Empire of Lies
In his outstanding new book Brion McClanahan explains how Hamilton, invented a mythical founding that bears no resemblance at all to the actual founding.
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Blame Hamilton: How He Screwed Up America
For the first time ever in a single volume, McClanahan exposes the sheer magnitude of negative influence that Hamilton had on American government.
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The Battle Over the First National Bank and Its Constitutional Implications
What does a political battle waged over a bank in 1791 mean for Americans living in modern times? Quite a lot, it turns out.
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Federalist #18: A Warning From an Ancient History Lesson
To bolster the argument of the preceding three papers, Madison provides an in-depth history lesson featuring the ancient Greeks.
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Refuse to Cooperate: The Moderate Middle Road Between Revolution and Unlimited Submission
Non-cooperation provides us a moderate middle-road we can follow to impede and obstruct federal actions.
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Federalist #17: Feds Following the “Allurement of Ambition”
When we examine Hamilton’s propositions together, the fallacy of his thinking becomes clear.
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Constitutional Professor Attacks Article Apparently without Reading It
Today, I received an email from a “constitutional law professor” chastising me for an argument I made in the most recent installment of my continuing serious on The Federalist Papers. The email is indicative of the condescension and lack of critical thinking we deal with from so-called experts all the time.
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Federalist #16: The Seeds of Nullification
Hamilton’s cites objections to state legislatures playing a role, in so-doing, he unwittingly lays the foundation of state nullification.
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Federalist #15: More Power
Alexander Hamilton turns the defense of the proposed Constitution in a new direction in Federalist #15.
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