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Aug 6, 2025 • 33min
The 9th Amendment Wasn’t an Afterthought. It Was a Firewall
While most people ignore the Ninth Amendment, those who don’t usually get it completely wrong. It isn’t a grant of additional federal power; it’s a rule of construction designed to explain its limits. On this episode, we’ll uncover the forgotten history behind the ignored 9th Amendment.
Path to Liberty: August 6, 2025
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James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (17 Oct 1788)
James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788)
Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 84 (28 May 1788)
Federal Farmer IV (12 Oct 1787)
George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (11 June 1788)
Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 78 (28 May 1788)
Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New York (26 July 1788)
Kurt Lash – The Lost Original Meaning of the Ninth Amendment
Ratification of the Constitution by the State of North Carolina
Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia (26 June 1788)
Brion McClanahan
James Madison – Speech in the House Introducing Amendments to the Constitution (8 June 1789)
James Madison – Letter to George Washington (5 Dec 1789)
Amendment IX
Hardin Burnley – Letter to James Madison (28 Nov 1789)
Kurt Lash – The Inescapable Federalism of the Ninth Amendment
James Madison – Speech on the Bank Bill (2 Feb 1791)
St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803)
John Taylor – Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated (1820)
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Aug 1, 2025 • 20min
How to Beat the Empire: The Founders’ 4-Word Formula for Victory
The path to liberty isn’t flashy. It’s slow. Deliberate. Relentless. In 1767 – the Penman of the American Revolution found the key in ancient Rome. Four Latin words. One strategy – to topple an empire.
Path to Liberty: August 1, 2025
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Declaratory Act (18 Mar 1766)
John Adams – Diary (26 Apr 1766)
John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. 8 (1767)
John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. 7 (1767)
John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. 1 (1767)
Sallust – Catiline’s War, 5-16 – translated by JC Rolfe (41 BC)
Sallust – The War with Jugurtha, 6-12 – translated by JC Rolfe (40 BC)
Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771)
Thomas Jefferson to Rev. Charles Clay (27 Jan 1790)
John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. 12 (1767)
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Jul 30, 2025 • 28min
The 10th Amendment Wasn’t an Add-On. It Was the Entire Point
The Founders didn’t secede from an empire over taxes or tea. They fought a war against unlimited, centralized power. The 10th Amendment was their answer. Power is not assumed. It must be granted. On this episode, learn about this forgotten foundation – from the revolution to ratification – and what it tells us about how to turn things around today.
Path to Liberty: July 30, 2025
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James Madison – Report of 1800 (7 Jan 1800)
Declaratory Act (18 Mar 1766)
Boldin – The 10th Amendment: The Foundation of the Constitution
Thomas Paine – The Crisis I (23 Dec 1776)
St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803)
Articles of Confederation
James Madison – Federalist 45 (26 Jan 1788)
Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (16 June 1788)
Pauline Maier – Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788
Rufus King – Letter to James Madison (23 Jan 1788)
Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Massachusetts (6 July 1788)
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Edward Carrington (27 May 1788)
Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (15 Feb 1791)
Samuel Adams – Letter to Richard Henry Lee (24 Aug 1789)
John Taylor of Caroline – Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated (1820)
Samuel Adams – Letter to Elbridge Gerry (22 Aug 1789)
John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788)
John Jay – An Address to the People of the State of New-York on the Subject of the Constitution (12 Apr 1788)
James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (24 Dec 1787)
John Hancock – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (6 Feb 1788)
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Jul 23, 2025 • 30min
Supreme Court Power Grab! How Judges Stole Your Constitution
John Taylor smacked down Chief Justice John Marshall – who followed Alexander Hamilton’s playbook to twist the meaning of words – like the necessary and proper clause – to support a national bank. Taylor called it “construction,” and saw a catastrophe coming. He was no mere critic. He was prophetic.
Path to Liberty: July 23, 2025
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John Taylor – Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated (1820)
Alexander Hamilton – Opinion on the Constitutionality of an Act to Establish a Bank (23 Feb 1791)
Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bill for Establishing a National Bank (15 Feb 1791)
Episode – Necessary and Proper: The Big Lie That Unleashed Big Government
John Marshall -, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)
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Jul 18, 2025 • 37min
IMPEACHMENT: The Truth They Never Teach About “High Crimes and Misdemeanors”
The framers built a tool to protect the Republic from serious abuses of public trust. A power much-broader than what virtually anyone teaches today. But Anti-Federalists like Patrick Henry warned that it was nothing more than a “sham.”
Path to Liberty: July 18, 2025
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Michael Stokes Paulsen – Taking Impeachment Seriously
The Constitution – A Transcription
Constitution: Article I, Section 2, Clause 5
Constitution: Article I, Section 3, Clause 6-7
Michael Stokes Paulsen – The Original Meaning of “High Crimes and Misdemeanors,” Part I
Raoul Berger – Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems (1974)
Blackstone – Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765)
You’re Fired: The Original Meaning of Presidential Impeachment
Philadelphia Convention (8 Sept 1787)
James Madison – Letter to Henry Lee (25 June 1824)
Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 65 (7 Mar 1788)
Edmund Randolph – Virginia Ratifying Convention (14 June 1788)
George Nicholas – Virginia Ratifying Convention (3 June 1788)
Edmund Randolph – Virginia Ratifying Convention (10 June 1788)
North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788)
Michael Stokes Paulsen – Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, and the Power of Impeachment
Michael Stokes Paulsen – The Constitutional Categories of Impeachable Offenses
Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (19 June 1788)
George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (18 June 1788)
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Spencer Roane (6 Sept 1819)
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Jul 16, 2025 • 16min
Exposed: How Government Became a Legal Crime Syndicate
Bastiat called it “legal plunder.” Spooner said their “sole purpose is power and plunder.” Today, they just call it government.
Path to Liberty: July 16, 2025
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Bastiat – The Law (1848)
Algernon Sidney – Discourses Concerning Government (1680)
Bastiat – Economic Sophisms, 2nd Series (1848)
Benjamin Franklin – Philadelphia Convention (2 June 1787)
Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 36 (8 July 1721)
James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (17 Oct 1788)
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Gideon Granger (13 Aug 1800)
John Taylor – An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States
Lysander Spooner – A New Banking System (1873)
Lysander Spooner – An Essay on the Trial by Jury (1852)
Lysander Spooner – No Treason II (1867)
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Jul 11, 2025 • 30min
The TRAP They Saw Coming: 5 Mechanisms of Tyranny
The Anti-Federalists knew exactly where it would lead – unchecked power, endless taxes, and the death of the republic – and of liberty.
Path to Liberty: July 11, 2025
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George Mason – Objections to the Constitution (22 Nov 1787)
Cato V (22 Nov 1787)
Elbridge Gerry – To the President of Senate and Speaker of House of Representatives of Massachusetts (18 Oct 1787)
Brutus VI (27 Dec 1787)
Brutus V (13 Dec 1787)
Elbridge Gerry – Letter to James Warren (18 Oct 1787)
Luther Martin – Genuine Information (28 Dec 1787)
Episode – Taxation Will Bleed You Dry: Anti-Federalist Warnings Ignored
Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (20 June 1788)
Mercy Otis Warren – Observations on the new Constitution (1788)
Brutus XI (31 Jan 1788)
Cato IV (8 Nov 1787)
Brutus I (18 Oct 1787)
Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (5 June 1788)
Dissent of the Minority of the Convention, of the state of Pennsylvania (12 Dec 1787)
Episode – Militarized Federal Agencies: The Other Standing Army?
Mercy Otis Warren – Observations on the new Constitution (1788)
Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (7 June 1788)
Pennsylvania Dissent
George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (4 June 1788)
Federal Farmer I (8 Oct 1787)
Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (9 June 1788)
Mercy Otis Warren – Observations on the new Constitution, and on the Federal and State Conventions (1788)
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Jul 9, 2025 • 17min
You Can’t Comply Your Way Out of Tyranny
“A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.” Jefferson didn’t just say it – he meant it, even when he opposed the cause. Because the principle was bigger than the moment: resistance is what keeps government in check. This episode makes the case with hard truth from Jefferson, Spooner, Adams, Locke, and more – showing that liberty survives through backbone, not permission.
Path to Liberty: July 9, 2025
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Luther Martin – Genuine Information (28 Dec 1787)
Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771)
Joseph Hawley – Letter to John Adams (25 July 1774)
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (14 Oct 1774)
Benjamin Franklin – Proposal for the Great Seal of the United States, [before 14 August 1776]
John Adams – Letter to William Tudor, Sr. (5 Apr 1818)
Episode – Rebellion to Tyrants: The Sermon that Sparked the Revolution
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Henry Lee (8 May 1825)
Aristotle – Politics, Book V, Translated by Jowett (350 BC)
Cicero – On Moral Duties (44 BC)
John Locke – Two Treatises (1698)
Algernon Sidney – Discourses Concerning Government (1680)
Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 42 (26 Aug 1721)
Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith (13 Nov 1787)
James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788)
Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 62 (20 Jan 1722)
Lysander Spooner – No Treason No VI (1870)
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Jun 27, 2025 • 17min
The Real Enemies of America Aren’t Who You Think
The Founders warned us. We ignored them. These eight enemies aren’t at the gates – they’re already inside, destroying the Constitution and liberty – from within.
Path to Liberty: June 27, 2025
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John Adams – Thoughts on Government (Apr 1776)
James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (13 May 1798)
Noah Webster – The Revolution in France (1794)
George Washington – Farewell Address (19 Sept 1796)
Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part II (1792)
Samuel Adams – Letter to James Warren (12 Feb 1779)
John Jay – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (27 Oct 1786)
Thomas Gordon – Works of Sallust (1744)
Benjamin Rush – Education Agreeable to a Republican Form of Government (1786)
Samuel Adams – Valerius Poplicola, Boston Gazette (5 Oct 1772)
Abigail Adams – Letter to John Quincy Adams (1780)
Thomas Paine – The Crisis No. IV (13 Sept 1777)
Noah Webster – An Examination Into the Leading Principles of America (17 Oct 1787)
Federal Farmer XVIII (25 Jan 1788)
Thomas Jefferson – Extract and Commentary Printed in the New York Minerva (2 May 1797)
James Otis, Jr – Freeborn American (27 Apr 1767)
Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771)
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Jun 25, 2025 • 17min
You’ve Been Lied to Since Day One
Five constitutional truths they almost never teach. Because if they did, we wouldn’t live under the largest government in history.
Path to Liberty: June 25, 2025
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St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803)
Edmund Randolph – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (12 Feb 1791)
James Otis Jr – Speech Against the Writs of Assistance (24 Feb 1761)
Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (15 Feb 1791)
John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788)
James Madison – Federalist 49 (2 Feb 1788)
Thomas Jefferson – Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (24 Nov 1787)
John Jay – An Address to the People of the State of New York (12 Apr 1788)
Luther Martin – Genuine Information (28 Dec 1787)
Alexander Hamilton – A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress (15 Dec 1774)
Thomas Jefferson – A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774)
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