We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty, in a feather bed. Thomas Jefferson was right when he wrote this and it might be even more relevant today in the face of the largest government in history.
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This refers to the devaluing of the Continental dollar by excessive money printing. As more and more Continentals were created and put into circulation, they value of each one dropped. Eventually, the Continental dollar was all but useless.
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Dean Chemerinsky is arguing against a form of originalism that hasn't been widespread since the 1980s.
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The lesson for the ages is this: once any government is allowed to overreach and expand its powers, it’s almost impossible to put the genie back in the bottle
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Down the memory hole is where most foundational principles of the American Revolution seem to go. That includes the Suffolk Resolves - Sept 9, 1774 - which called for non-compliance to the Coercive Acts, disobedience to courts, tax resistance and more.
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We can't be happy without being free.
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Walt Whitman and James Otis, Jr. were right. We need less "unquestioning obedience," and more refusal to comply.
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The United States of today couldn’t be further from the principles of the American Revolution. Here are 4 major ones that have been almost completely ignored, leading to the largest government in history.
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Those who drafted the Bill of Rights recognized that human rights are pre-political. They precede the existence of the government. They come from our humanity, and, in the case of privacy, they are reinforced by our ownership or legal occupancy of property.
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In other words, the people are sovereign.
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