2 months after Lexington and concord - and the shot heard round the world - General Thomas Gage made an offer he thought the revolutionaries couldn’t refuse.
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From a four-step plan to undermine and defeat federal programs in 1788, to a duty to interpose in 1798 - and nullification as a natural right in 1834 - James Madison saw the states and people as essential checks on federal power.
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Usurpation is the term the founders used when the government goes beyond the limits of the Constitution.
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"Treason against the sovereignty of the people" is how St. George Tucker described usurpation - or theft - of power by government. But this view was nothing new - the founders and old revolutionaries had long understood usurpation to be an act of tyranny, even including it in the Declaration of Independence.
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The first question you should ask about any proposal made by any person in the federal government -- "Is this authorized by the constitution?" Not, Do I like this policy?"
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"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." We’re all familiar with this from the Declaration of Independence, but there’s much more to our natural rights foundation. Learn from the Founders and Old Revolutionaries.
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Relying on government to limit its own power is a really bad strategy for liberty. Ultimately, it’s up to us to defend our constitution and our liberty whether the government people want us to or not.
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Responding to Federalist claims that rejecting ratification would lead to danger, chaos and potential ruin, Patrick Henry took the other side, “it is the fortune of a free people not to be intimidated by imaginary dangers” and urged the addition of a bill of rights first.
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Damon Root at Reason.com thinks the recent Dobbs decision is an "insult to the 9th Amendment."
His position is based on two faulty premises
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It was a revolution in thought - a radical change in thinking.
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