Parchment Barriers With Teeth
Constitutions don't enforce themselves. That's why James Madison called constitutions "parchment barriers."
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Constitutions don't enforce themselves. That's why James Madison called constitutions "parchment barriers."
The post Parchment Barriers With Teeth first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
A “frightful despotism,” would be the result of an “alternate domination of one faction over another,” warned George Washington. He was joined - with similar warnings - by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Thomas Jefferson and many others. But this opposition to factions didn’t start with the founding generation at all.
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The Second Amendment isn’t in great shape, but thankfully there’s a “rightful remedy” to address it.
The post The 2nd Still Not in Force: An Overview of New Federal Gun Control first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.