
Path to Liberty
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Michael Boldin covers the original constitution, principles of the revolution, and strategy – all with an eye on advancing liberty.
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May 3, 2024 • 17min
The Constitution vs the National Bank: Edmund Randolph’s Analysis
Attorney General Edmund Randolph opposed Alexander Hamilton's Bank Bill as unconstitutional, highlighting the 10th Amendment. He scrutinized the implications of federal government creating corporations and challenged arguments for the national bank. Randolph's views clashed with Hamilton's 'necessary and proper' clause interpretation, cautioning against expansive governmental powers and unchecked authority.

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May 1, 2024 • 36min
John Locke vs Lysander Spooner: Consent of the Governed
The podcast discusses the concept of 'consent of the governed' from John Locke to Lysander Spooner, exploring the origins and implications of this principle. It contrasts theories of express consent with tacit consent, questioning government legitimacy and individual sovereignty. The narrative delves into the complexities of political authority, highlighting the balance between consent and government control.

Apr 29, 2024 • 26min
Sovereignty and the Constitution: Government as Agent of the People of the States
In the American system, the people of the several states are sovereign, meaning they hold final or ultimate authority. Power flows from them to the federal government, which merely serves as their agent.
Path to Liberty: April 29, 2024
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Episode – The Law: An Intro from the Founders to Frederic Bastiat
Declaration of Independence
Maharrey: Sovereignty and Agency
James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (24 Jul 1788)
Ratification of the Constitution by Virginia (26 June 1788)
Legal Information Institute – Agency Law
St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803)
John Jay: An Address to the People of the State of New York (15 Apr 1788)
John Locke – Two Treatises §. 141
James Wilson – State House Yard Speech (6 Oct 1787)
James Madison – Federalist 39
James Madison – Report of 1800
Mercy Otis Warren – Observations on the New Constitution (1788)
John Hancock – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (6 Feb 1788)
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Apr 26, 2024 • 23min
The Law: An Intro from the Founders to Frederic Bastiat
Explore the origins of American law through the influences of key figures like Jefferson and Locke. Learn about the limits of government power and the importance of understanding legitimate law. Delve into legal plunder and its societal impact, revealing how exploitation leads to division. Understand the role of government in defending or perpetuating plunder while protecting individual rights.

Apr 24, 2024 • 29min
No Permanent Alliances: Foreign Policy of Washington and Jefferson
Explore the foreign policy perspectives of Presidents Washington and Jefferson, emphasizing avoidance of permanent alliances. Analyze Jefferson's letter to the Pasha of Tripoli and Washington's farewell address. Delve into Washington's warning on foreign influence and the significance of commerce with all nations.

Apr 22, 2024 • 31min
The Failed Strategy of “Vote the Bums Out” is Making Things Even Worse
From Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson to Lysander Spooner – the notion that the people should submit until they can replace enough politicians to stop the government from doing what the government was never authorized to do in the first place – is only a guarantee that they’ll never stop, and it’ll keep getting worse.
Path to Liberty: April 22, 2024
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Elizabeth Goitein – Brennan Center – on X
The Redheaded Libertarian on X
John Adams – Novanglus III (6 Feb 1775)
“Vote them out” Posts on X
Bridget Phetasy
Gerald Celente
Edward Snowden
Amy Peikoff
Lysander Spooner – An Essay on the Trial by Jury (1852)
Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 33
Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (9 Dec 1771)
James Otis, Jr. – Freeborn American (27 Apr 1767)
Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 28
Thomas Jefferson’s Draft (Before 4 Oct 1798)
Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771)
Lysander Spooner – No Treason VI (1870)
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Apr 19, 2024 • 15min
Thomas Jefferson’s Prediction of Economic Meltdown and Its Relevance Today
Jefferson’s chilling warnings about unchecked fiat, paper money printing proved prophetic as the U.S. plunged into its first boom-bust economic crisis in the early 19th century.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: April 19, 2024
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Maharrey: Thomas Jefferson’s Warnings and Predictions about the Dangers of Money-Printing
A Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence in the United States (1916)
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Thomas Cooper (16 Jan 1814)
Murray Rothbard – The Panic of 1819
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to John Adams (21 Mar 1819)
John Adams – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (24 Feb 1819)
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Apr 17, 2024 • 37min
Benjamin Franklin’s Rules for Bringing Down Empires
With some of his best satire and sharpest wit, Franklin told the British the top-20 ways their policies would bring their empire over the American colonies to an end. Much of it sounds pretty familiar to what we face today.
Path to Liberty: April 17, 2024
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Benjamin Franklin – Letter to the Marquis De Lafayette (14 May 1781)
Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One (11 Sept 1773)
America in Class: How Did We Get Here?
Proposal for the Great Seal of the United States (before 14 Aug 1776)
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Apr 15, 2024 • 38min
Tax Resistance and the Birth of American Independence
86 years and a day before the “shot heard ’round the world” – the people of Boston and surrounding towns rose up and overthrew the royal governor in a dispute that started over tax resistance to arbitrary power.
Path to Liberty: April 15, 2024
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Lysander Spooner – An Essay on the Trial by Jury (1852)
John Dickinson – Broadside Against the Stamp Act (1765)
Historic Ipswich: The “Birthplace of American Independence”
Wiki: Edmund Andros
John G. Palfrey: The New-England Revolution of the 17th Century (May 1864)
Complaints of great wrongs done under the ill government of Sir Edmund Androsse governor in New-England, in the year 1687
Wiki: Revolt of 1689
The declaration of the gentlemen, merchants, and inhabitants of Boston, and the countrey adjacent (18 Apr 1689)
Response from William III
Lysander Spooner – No Treason No. VI (1870)
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Apr 12, 2024 • 20min
First for Independence: The Halifax Resolves of 1776
April 12, 1776 – the first official action by one of the colonies in full support of declaring independence. The Halifax Resolves were also the first example of a colony-wide assembly admitting that reconciliation with the British was no longer an option.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: April 12, 2024
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North Carolina Provincial Congress
Third North Carolina Provincial Congress
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
NCPedia – Moores Creek Bridge
Kellie Slappey – North Carolina History
Halifax and the Revolution
The journal of the proceedings of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, held at Halifax on the fourth day of April 1776
Full Text – Minutes of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina
Adam Zielinski – American Battlefield Trust
Jason Mandresh – Founder of the Day
American Battlefield Trust – Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
The Constitutional Authority of the 2nd Continental Congress
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