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We are supposed to resist government when it goes beyond its legitimate powers. Not wait for government to stop doing the things it wasn’t supposed to be doing in the first place.

At just 27 years of age in 1763, Patrick Henry gained fame as a patriot for arguing that when even a king interfered with local lawmaking, he “degenerates into a Tyrant, and forfeits all right to his subjects’ obedience.” This set the stage for future opposition to the Stamp Act and serves as an early lesson in the power of resistance and nullification. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: Dec 2, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

“That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not law, ought not to be obeyed.” That’s what the founders and old revolutionaries said about government acts that go beyond the limits of the constitution. They are merely acts of usurpation - an overreach of power. And should be treated that way, too.

Ultimately, it’s up to the people to protect and defend their right to keep and bear arms whether the government wants them to or not

We’ve all heard or seen the slogan, but TO is the wrong word, by far. Under the system and principles of the founders and old revolutionaries, all power comes FROM the people - and they don’t need to ask, or demand, that they get that power back. They just need to take it. Path to Liberty: Nov 26, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

You’ll never get the feds to limit their own power to spy on everyone, everywhere. It’s up to the people and the states to opt out and start the process of bringing the surveillance state to an end. The state-level 4th Amendment Protection Act is a big step in that direction. Path to Liberty: Nov 21, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

Defend the Guard is a state-level bill that would stop the deployment of a state’s National Guard units unless specific constitutional criteria are met. Learn more about the bill - and what action steps you can take in support in your state today. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: Nov 18, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

Getting a real “land of the free” instead of the largest government in history isn’t going to be quick or easy. But rejecting these massive roadblocks to liberty will put things on the right path. Path to Liberty: Nov 16, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

Author of the most widely-read documents on American liberty until the publication of Common Sense in 1776, John Dickinson’s work earned him the nickname “Penman of the Revolution.” Born Nov 13, 1732 - his writings are filled with principles and strategies we’d do well to follow much more today. Path to Liberty: Nov 14, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

In response to the hated Alien and Sedition Acts, Thomas Jefferson drafted resolutions passed by the Kentucky legislature that included three foundational principles of the American Revolution. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: Nov 11, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

Rights are not a gift from government. If they were, they wouldn’t really be rights. It’s not really liberty if you first need to get a government-issued permission slip

Few people were more influential on the founders and old revolutionaries than John Locke. And his Two Treatises help us understand how they saw the difference between legitimate government - and the other kind - tyranny. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: Nov 4, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

The “real American revolution” was a radical change in the views of the people. This was reflected in the Declaration of Independence, which was intended as “an expression of the American mind.” And few people, if any, had a greater influence on that thought than Algernon Sidney. Path to Liberty: Nov 2, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

The scariest monster of all is the largest government in history - the monster state of today. It thrives and grows on 4 main principles that totally reject the principles of the constitution, and the American revolution. Path to Liberty: Oct 31, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

Going from the largest government in history to a true “land of the free,” won’t happen fast. And it won’t be easy. But these four principles will help set a strong foundation for the Constitution and liberty. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: Oct 28, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

We were warned. A faction-first mentality only guarantees tyranny. And it has certainly helped give us the largest government in history today. But it’s not just dangerous to liberty - it also destroys social harmony. Path to Liberty: Oct 26, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

For the old revolutionaries, a government that could define its own limits, take property at will - an arbitrary power - was the very definition of a tyranny, reducing the people “to the most abject slavery.” In their view, liberty could only exist in a society that’s awake, aware, and actively engaged - in both supporting freedom, and resisting attempts to restrict it. Path to Liberty: Oct 24, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

Waiting on government to stop doing the things they weren’t supposed to do in the first place is not a good strategy for protecting the #constitution and #liberty. Instead, the people are supposed to “resist if the government usurps power not delegated to it.”

Strategy for responding to the largest government in history - right from the founders and old revolutionaries. Learn about the Continental Association, approved by the First Continental Congress on Oct 20, 1774. It was the first of four major founding documents, along with the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution for the United States. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: Oct 21, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

October 19, 1789 - John Jay was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States. Even a quick overview of his views on the Constitution, war and peace, property rights and more - can show just how far almost everyone today is from our founding principles. Path to Liberty: Oct 19, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

With more calls - yet again - to ban so-called “assault weapons,” it’s important to point out that even IF one could call these “weapons of war,” the founders wanted the people to be armed with the “terrible implements of the soldier.” Path to Liberty: Oct 17, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

Most people get the supremacy clause of the constitution almost completely backward. They think anything the feds do is “supreme.” Here’s a surprise: Most people are wrong.

Thousands of executive branch employees stand to gain financially on actions of the agency they work at? Say it ain’t so! But it is. And we were warned this would happen too. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: Oct 14, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211

Going from the largest government in history - to a true “land of the free” isn’t going to be easy. And it definitely won’t happen overnight. But we’ve got the tools - thanks to the founders and old revolutionaries. The essential principles underlying our philosophy and strategy. Path to Liberty: Oct 12, 2022 JOIN TAC: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Show Archives: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/pathtoliberty/ Subscribe and Review on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/path-to-liberty/id1440549211