TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and get the full transcript at this link. Effective strategy is essential when it comes to the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson had some important advice on what to do about politicians giving us bad policy – and politicians who “assume undelegated powers…”
Poor Pragmatic George. He thinks politicians should do whatever they want as long as they believe the are “doing what they think is right!” The heck with that pesky Constitution! Maybe it’s just me, but I’m not so sure trusting the moral compass of elected officials is the best strategy.
Thomas Jefferson used hemp and grew hemp. He advocated for it as well. Today’s federal government has a near ban on growing this important crop, and has maintained that unconstitutional ban for decades. States, however, are slowly moving to legalize the crop with or without federal permission. While we’ve not been able to find an…
Today in history: Thomas Jefferson was born on Apr. 13, 1743. Known as the principle author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson’s other “declaration” is not as well-known. That is, the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. In his original draft of the Resolutions, he wrote: “Where powers are assumed which have not been…
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about a recently published academic paper that obliterates conventional thinking about nullification and interposition. In 1798, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison penned the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. These documents, approved by the Kentucky and Virginia state legislatures,…
In 2016, the world will witness a Civil War. However, it will not on be fought on the streets of America, but on the big screen. Marvel’s Civil War is destined to draw huge money all over the world – and I do not think its theme could be timelier. This movie is based off…
One of the most common complaints of constitutionalists against the conduct of our federal government is that the judiciary at all levels routinely oversteps its boundaries, intruding into those areas that are beyond its constitutional reach. Though this is largely accepted by most Americans because of its long practice, this does not mean that what…
Speaking in Forth Worth, Texas on Sept 4, 2010, Tom Woods explains Jefferson’s view of the courts. “The federal government IS the problem …and last I checked, the federal courts are part of the federal government.”
No protesting the government? No freedom of the press? Lawmakers jailed? Is this the story of the Soviet Union during the Cold War? No. It describes the United States in 1798 after the passage of the Sedition Act. The History Channel describes it as one of the “most egregious breaches of the U.S. Constitution in…
We agree with Thomas Jefferson. Do you?