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Federalism and the 10th Amendment: Tench Coxe Explains Delegated and Reserved Powers

Federalism and the 10th Amendment: Tench Coxe Explains Delegated and Reserved Powers

by Michael Boldin | Jan 15, 2025 | 10th Amendment, Constitution, Federalism, Ratification Debates, Tench Coxe

“Independent of the control or interference of the federal government.” That’s how Tench Coxe described the vast majority of power under the Constitution – reserved to the states and completely off-limits to federal authority. Perhaps better than any...
How Tench Coxe Shaped the Ratification Debates: Essays of A Pennsylvanian

How Tench Coxe Shaped the Ratification Debates: Essays of A Pennsylvanian

by Mike Maharrey | Jul 14, 2024 | Constitution, Ratification Debates, Tench Coxe

History often overlooks Tench Coxe, but he was one of the most important founding fathers. While the Federalist Papers are celebrated and widely discussed today, Coxe’s essays, written under the pen name “A Pennsylvanian,” had a far greater impact on...
Timely Lessons About Tyranny from the Father of the Constitution

Timely Lessons About Tyranny from the Father of the Constitution

by John Whitehead | Jun 13, 2024 | Founding Principles, James Madison

James Madison, often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution,” once predicted that the Bill of Rights would become mere “parchment barrier,” words on paper ignored by successive generations of Americans. How right he was. Although Madison initially felt that...
America isn’t “One Nation” and that Matters

America isn’t “One Nation” and that Matters

by Mike Maharrey | Aug 7, 2023 | Constitution, Federalism, Founding Principles

The Pledge of Allegiance is wrong. These United States are not “one nation, indivisible.” They are a federation. This may seem like semantical nitpicking, but it is an extremely important distinction that impacts how we understand the powers of the general...
Consolidation and the Destruction of Liberty

Consolidation and the Destruction of Liberty

by Michael Boldin | Aug 5, 2023 | Founding Principles

If we truly want to build a real “land of the free,” it’s essential to understand the source of our problems – to “strike the root,” so to speak. Using the wisdom and warnings of leading founders and old revolutionaries – we can point to consolidation, or...
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