“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.”
Do you recognize the names John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon? If not, I recommend you read this article and then immediately go to this link and begin reading the essays they wrote. You will thank me for it. Written under the pseudonym “Cato” (in honor of the Roman...
One of the forgotten values of the American Founders was their deeply held opposition to a permanent standing army. This was born of experience. In late 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War, the British decided to station 10,000 troops for...