Five Constitutional Truths They Don’t Want You to Know
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.” Thomas Jefferson nailed it. And here’s the deal – mass, widespread ignorance about our Constitution is no accident. It’s by design. Why? Because...
Arbitrary Power: The Definition of Tyranny
“The curse and scandal of human nature.” That’s how James Otis, Jr. described arbitrary power. It wasn’t just a sign of tyranny, or a step toward it. It was the very definition of tyranny. It is power without right. And that principle pervades the Declaration of...
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...