Eleven Years
The Cancerous Effect of Big Government: How Massive Defense Budgets Drive Unconstitutional Domestic Programs
In the United States today, we have bipartisan agreement when it comes to spending money and violating the Constitution. Republicans love to criticize Democrats for their big spending ways. But they are just as guilty โ especially when it comes to the defense budget....
The Virginia Ratifying Convention and the Birth of the Tenth Amendment
The modern debate over the meaning of the Constitution often devolves into a dueling opinions between legal experts and judges. But the true meaning of the document and the kind of government it created isnโt found in Supreme Court decrees or through interpretation...
Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates
Famously, President Thomas Jeffersonโs first inaugural address articulated his philosophical manifesto: โPeace, commerce, and friendship with all nations โ entangling alliances with none.โ These basic maxims were stressed repeatedly by Jefferson, who cherished a...
The Founders’ Word: Void
When it comes to limits of federal power under the Constitution, the view of many Founding Fathers fits under the same theme. That is, federal acts outside of the Constitution are null and void. Oliver Ellsworth, the Supreme Courtโs third Chief Justice, put it this...