A Jeffersonian American Patriot is a State Patriot
One day in January 1811, Thomas Jefferson wrote to a French man of letters whose book he so much admired that he translated it into English and saw to its American republication. Along the way, he explained to the Frenchman why there had been such a difference between...
The Principle of Subsidiarity
by Jeff Deist, Mises.org Leftwing Vox.com recently published a welcome and thoughtfulย pieceย on the virtues of devolving political and legal power away from the federal government toward states and localities. This is exactly the kind of conversation honest Americans...
More Dangers Are Coming to the Rule of Law
When the states joined the union, they gave certain powers to the federal government, and they kept others to themselves. The powers delegated are articulated in the Constitution, and the 10th Amendment clarifies the truism that those powers not surrendered have been...