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During the ratification debates, Federalists repeatedly warned that adding a bill of rights would be unnecessary - and even dangerous. Learn what they had to say - where they made good points - and missed the mark too. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: December 15, 2023

Nullification Season 2024 starts now. Following the advice and strategy of the Founders, the people and the states can take action to reject, resist and nullify all unconstitutional federal acts. Path to Liberty: December 13, 2023

When Founders like Madison, Jefferson, Sherman, Iredell and others told us to use non-compliance and other forms of resistance to keep government in check - they were following the same blueprint that was used in the American Revolution. Path to Liberty: December 11, 2023

A lot of people - even friends of liberty - want you to believe that the federal government has always been so powerful that acts of resistance by the people and the states will just be mercilessly crushed by central power. But this is pure propaganda. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: December 8, 2023

A patriot and a hero to the American Revolutionaries, Algernon Sidney was seen as a martyr for liberty for writing, but not even publishing, words based on natural rights the crown felt were a threat to its hold on power. Path to Liberty: December 6, 2023

Zero. That’s the number of federal gun control measures authorized by the Constitution. But they’re not going to end themselves. As the “Father of the Constitution” told us - it’s up to the people and the states to get the job done. Path to Liberty: December 4, 2023

The largest government in history is incredibly abusive - of your rights, of your money, of the constitution - of pretty much everything. The people need a massive change of attitude towards it if they ever want to turn things around. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: December 1, 2023

Politicians love that the people know little to nothing about “the foundation of the Constitution” - and how to keep the government in check, whether the government people like it, or not. Path to Liberty: November 29, 2023

Creating a real “land of the free” requires a people who not only love liberty - but have the backbone to resist and defy governments that violate their constitutions and their rights. We’ve got a lot of work to do to get there too. Path to Liberty: November 27, 2023

With “nullification season” right around the corner, here’s an overview of the top-4 programs that absolutely have to go if we ever want to get to a real “land of the free” Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: November 17, 2023

In order to go from the largest government in history to a real “land of the free” - these 5 foundational principles from the founders and old revolutionaries - are an absolute must. Path to Liberty: November 15, 2023

A name almost totally forgotten today, John Dickinson was famous - known as “The Penman of the American Revolution.” A true Lockean in support of liberty, life and property - he helped lead the opposition to the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act, the Townshend Acts - and much more. Path to Liberty: November 13, 2023

Nov 10, 1798 - Thomas Jefferson’s Kentucky Resolutions were passed by the General Assembly. Learn 5 core Jeffersonian principles about the nature of the Constitution - rooted in the principles of the American Revolution. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: November 10, 2023

In a letter to Benjamin Rush, Thomas Jefferson told him of his “trinity of the three greatest men the world had ever produced.” Bacon, Newton and Locke. Path to Liberty: November 8, 2023

Alexander Hamilton wanted a central government with unlimited power. And although he didn’t get it on paper, he still pushed for it in other ways after ratification. As a result, today we live under the largest government in history. Path to Liberty: November 6, 2023

You thought a national bank, implied powers, the whiskey tax, and redefining necessary as convenient was bad enough? Wait till you hear what Hamilton really wanted to do. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: November 3, 2023

Deficits and the national debt have been growing for so long that most people just shrug when we talk about them. They seem to think that the government can just keep kicking the can down the road. But every road comes to an end. Path to Liberty: November 1, 2023

For many leading founders - from Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Adams - one amendment was not only the “foundation of the constitution,” but also “the Palladium of the private, and personal rights of the Citizens.” Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: October 27, 2023

October 26, 2001 - We’re still grappling with the blowback that comes with allowing freedom to be eviscerated in exchange for the false promise of “security” Path to Liberty: October 25, 2023

For James Madison, the people of the several states were both the source of all power - and thus the ultimate solution to usurpations - but at the same time, the source of many of the problems due to the tendency towards factions - ultimately leading to the majority trampling on the rights of the minority. Path to Liberty: October 23, 2023

The largest government in history is not even remotely close to the system the founders set up under the Constitution. Things didn’t get like this overnight - and there’s a root cause for why it’ll keep getting worse. Understanding it is to also understand the solution. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: October 20, 2023

Thanks to a growing number of unconstitutional federal programs, local law enforcement in almost every jurisdiction has been drawn in as tools of a national police state the founders would’ve despised. But states aren’t required to participate, even under modern precedent. Here are 5 big areas where they can simply opt out and help bring this unconstitutional national police state to an end. Path to Liberty: October 18, 2023

Understanding nullification - what it is and what needs to be done - is far easier when you have a good understanding of these foundational principles underlying it. Path to Liberty: October 16, 2023

Just under 10 years after Thomas Jefferson called for nullification of the Alien and Sedition Acts - states and individuals took the same kind of strategy against his Embargo Act - signed by Pres. Jefferson in late 1807 - and a series of follow up acts to beef up enforcement of it. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: October 13, 2023

Few areas from the Founders - if any - have been more widely rejected than their views and advice on foreign policy. Grasping their approach means understanding where it comes from as well. Path to Liberty: October 11, 2023