“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 United States Postal Service – formerly the Post Office — is an American institution rooted in the Constitution. To the framers, the idea that the federal government would be in the thankless business of carrying mail from city to city defied their...
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...
by David Gordon, Mises.org The dedication of Restoring the Lost Constitution, “To James Madison and Lysander Spooner,” at once alerts us that we confront an unusual book. During the Constitutional Convention, Madison supported a strong national government;...
