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Hamilton vs Madison and Jefferson. The first great economic debate under the Constitution was about tariffs, and it actually started under the Articles of Confederation. But the debate wasn’t about protectionism vs free trade. It was dueling forms of government intervention. Path to Liberty: August 27, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Constitution – Full Text James Madison – Import and Tonnage Duties (8 Apr 1789) Journals of the Continental Congress (18 June 1783) Articles of Confederation Journals of the Continental Congress (15 Feb 1786) “Impost Begat Convention” – Albany and New York Confront the Ratification of the Constitution Phillip W. Magness – The Problem of the Tariff in American Economic History, 1787–1934 James Madison – Import and Tonnage Duties (9 Apr 1789) James Madison – Letter to Edmund Pendleton (19 Apr 1789) Thomas Tudor Tucker (SC) – Duties on Imports (21 Apr 1789) John Lawrence (NY) – Duties on Imports (21 Apr 1789) Madison at the First Session of the First Federal Congress 1789 Tariff Act of 1789 (4 July 1789) Alexander Hamilton – Report Relative to a Provision for the Support of Public Credit (9 Jan 1790) Tariff Act of 1790 (10 Aug 1790) Alexander Hamilton – Report on the Subject of Manufactures (5 Dec 1791) Tariff Act of 1792 (2 May 1792) Thomas Jefferson – Final State of the Report on Commerce (16 Dec 1793) Report on Commerce (Editorial Note) Alexander Hamilton – Letter to George Washington (14 Apr 1794) John Jay’s Treaty, 1794–95 Episode – Legislating from the Bench is Bad – But THIS is Even Worse MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on TikTok Watch on Spotify FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post TARIFFS: First Debate was Power, Not Trade first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

George Mason said the militia consisted of the whole people. Today, that definition has been twisted, ignored, or totally forgotten. Talk about militia and most people will look at you like some kind of fringe nutjob. But the founders saw the militia as a highly armed and trained general population that was essential to the security and liberty of a free republic. In this episode, we dig into what that really meant, the Anti-Federalist warnings about congressional power over the militia, and how they absolutely called it. Path to Liberty: August 15, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Henry Knox – Letter to George Washington (18 Jan 1790) Joseph Warren – Massacre Day Oration (6 Mar 1775) A Democratic Federalist (17 Oct 1787) Tench Coxe – An American Citizen: An Examination of the Constitution of the United States IV (21 Oct 1788) James Madison – Philadelphia Convention (23 Aug 1787) The Constitution – Article II, Section 2 The Constitution – Article I, Section 8, Clauses 15-16 Bill of Rights – Amendment V Bill of Rights – Amendment II Federal Farmer XVIII (25 Jan 1788) Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (13 June 1788) Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 29 (10 Jan 1788) John Smilie – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (6 Dec 1787) George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (13 June 1788) George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (16 June 1788) Virginia Ratification of the Constitution (27 June 1788) Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Joseph Priestly (19 June 1802) Militia Act of 1903 MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on TikTok Watch on Spotify FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Who are the Militia? YOU. first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Does the federal government have unilateral power to call forth the militia? During the War of 1812, New England states not only said no, but they used the principles of the 10th Amendment to actively interpose and resist federal demands for mobilizing the militia. Path to Liberty: August 13, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Declaration of War Against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (18 June 1812) James Madison – to Congress (3 Jan 1810) Gary Nobbs – Failure On All On All Fronts: The United States Army in the First Year of the War of 1812 Maharrey – The War of 1812 and State Sovereignty: New England’s Militia Resistance Explained John Bach McMaster – A history of the people of the United States v3 Henry Dearborn – Letter to Gov. Caleb Strong (22 June 1812) William Eustis – Letter to Gov. Caleb Strong (21 July 1812) Gov. Caleb Strong to Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and reply (1 Aug 1812) Gov. Strong – Letter to William Eustis (5 Aug 1812) Report and Resolutions of Connecticut on the Militia Question. Gov. Roger Griswold – Letter to William Eustis (13 Aug 1812) Connecticut – Report and Resolutions on the Militia Question (25 Aug 1812) James Madison – Fourth Annual Message to Congress (4 Nov 1812) Extract from Governor Chittenden’s Speech (23 Oct 1813) Recall order of Gov. Chittenden (10 Nov 1813) Benjamin Rush – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (15 Mar 1813) James Monroe – Letter to James Madison (27 Dec 1813) James Monroe – Letter to William B. Giles (17 Oct 1814) Maharrey – States vs. Feds: The 10th Amendment Battle Over Conscription in the War of 1812 Daniel Webster – Speech in Congress (9 Dec 1814) Connecticut on the Conscription Bill. (15 Nov 1814) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on TikTok Watch on Spotify FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post When States Had Backbone: The Militia Showdown They Never Teach first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Rights are not gifts from government. They don’t come from documents – like a constitution or a bill of rights. You have rights because you exist. Government – of course – isn’t too big of a fan of that view. On this episode – we’ve diving in on the foundation: Natural rights Path to Liberty: August 8, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part the Second (1792) Declaration of Independence (4 July 1776) Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Henry Lee (8 May 1825) Samuel Adams – The Rights of the Colonists (20 Nov 1772) James Otis, Jr – Of the Natural Rights of Colonists (1764) Cicero – On the Laws (51 BC) Aristotle – The Nicomachean Ethics (~330BC) Algernon Sidney – Discourses Concerning Government (1680) John Locke – Two Treatises (1689) Virginia Declaration of Rights (12 June 1776) Vermont Constitution (8 July 1777) Luther Martin – Philadelphia Convention (27 June 1787) Theophilus Parsons – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (5 Feb 1788) Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia (26 June 1788) Thomas Jefferson – Summary View (1774) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on TikTok Watch on Spotify FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post You Don’t have Constitutional Rights. You Just Have Rights. first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

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 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives 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) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on TikTok Watch on Spotify FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post The 9th Amendment Wasn’t an Afterthought. It Was a Firewall first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

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 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives 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) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on TikTok Watch on Spotify FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post How to Beat the Empire: The Founders’ 4-Word Formula for Victory first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

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 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives 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) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on TikTok Watch on Spotify FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post The 10th Amendment Wasn’t an Add-On. It Was the Entire Point first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

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 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives 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) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on TikTok Watch on Spotify FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Supreme Court Power Grab! How Judges Stole Your Constitution first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

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 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives 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) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on TikTok Watch on Spotify FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post IMPEACHMENT: The Truth They Never Teach About “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

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 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives 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) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on TikTok Watch on Spotify FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Exposed: How Government Became a Legal Crime Syndicate first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.