“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
The Founding Fathers understood that written laws alone cannot protect liberty. They warned that the Constitution could, like other documents before it, become a mere “parchment barrier,” easily ignored by those in power. Leading figures like Roger Sherman, John...
Almost everything people learn about how the Constitution is supposed to be enforced is wrong. As a result, we live under the largest government in history, and it’s only going to keep getting worse without a huge change of course. CONSTITUTIONS DON’T ENFORCE...
Did the Constitution fail? A lot of people think it did. This popular quote by Lysander Spooner sums up the thoughts of many. “But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we...
Constitutional violations have become so commonplace in American life that when they occur, the reaction among many Americans is ho-hum. There are two classic examples of this phenomenon: the declaration of war requirement and gold and silver as legal tender. Article...
Some people want to blame the intrusive, overreaching federal government we have today on the Constitution. Many cite a quote from 19th-century anarchist Lysander Spooner to drive home their point: “But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this...