Not a Gift from Government: Our Natural Rights Foundation
Rights are not gifts from government. They don’t come from documents – not a constitution, not even a bill of rights. You have rights because you exist. But government has never been a big fan of that view. The ruling class prefers a population that thinks...
Nondelegation: The Constitutional Principle Almost Everyone Ignores
“The very definition of tyranny.” That’s how James Madison described the consolidation of legislative, executive, and judicial power in the same hands. This wasn’t just a warning. It’s one of the core principles underlying the Constitution:...
Not Just Bad Policy: The Founders Called it Treason and War
Treason. Invasion. Conquest. That’s how the Founders and old revolutionaries described usurpation – power stolen, not delegated. And it wasn’t just rhetoric. It was a foundational, and now-forgotten principle at the very heart of the American Revolution. When...