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They certainly didn’t get everything right, but when they did, they almost seemed prophetic. Consolidation, executive power, factions and the ultimate end of despotism. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: September 29, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives William Grayson – Virginia Ratifying Convention (18 June 1788) Benjamin Franklin – Philadelphia Convention (17 Sept 1787) A Republic. But They Didn’t Keep it. James Madison – Federalist 48 (1 Feb 1788) Richard Henry Lee – Letter to Patrick Henry (14 Sept 1789) Brutus No. 1 Centinel No. 5 (4 Dec 1787) Mercy Otis Warren – Observations on the New Constitution (1788) Benjamin Franklin – Philadelphia Convention (4 June 1787) Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (5 June 1788) William Grayson – Virginia Ratifying Convention (19 June 1788) John Adams – Letter to Jonathan Jackson (2 Oct 1780) George Washington – Farewell Address (19 Sept 1796) Henry Lee to James Madison (3 Apr 1790) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on Sovren Watch on Twitter Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on Gab 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 Nailed it: Four Big Predictions from the Founders first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

In the years leading up to the War for Independence, the revolutionaries took an increasingly hostile stance against people who collaborated with or helped the British. And no, it wasn’t just tarring and feathering. Path to Liberty: September 27, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives American Battlefield Trust – Tarring and Feathering JL Bell – 5 Myths of Tarring and Feathering History.com – Boston Port Act Our American Revolution Samuel Adams – Letter to John Dickinson (21 Apr 1774) Circular Letter of the Boston Committee of Correspondence (13 May 1774) Wiki – Aftermath of the Act Samuel Adams – Letter to Richard Henry Lee (15 July 1774) Wiki – First Continental Congress Mike Maharrey: Suffolk Resolves Calling for Non-Compliance and Resistance to British Acts Episode – Blueprint for Liberty: The Suffolk Resolves of 1774 Samuel Adams – Letter to Charles Chauncy (19 Sept 1774) Samuel Adams – Letter to Joseph Warren (25 Sept 1774) Mike Maharrey – Boston Resolution Against Helping Redcoats Passed Meeting of the Committees of Boston and the neighbouring Towns (27 Sept 1774) Solemn League and Covenant (4 July 1774) Continental Association (20 Oct 1774) Wiki – Continental Association: Enforcement MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on Sovren Watch on Twitter Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on Gab 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 they Dealt with Collaborators first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

This podcast explores the top myths about nullification and refutes them using historical evidence and influential figures like James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. It discusses nullification as a means to counter unconstitutional government actions and emphasizes its importance in limiting government power. The chapter also touches on strategies for nullification and the dangers of unchecked government. Overall, it highlights the significance of nullification in holding the government accountable and establishing stability.

In a series of speeches during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry laid out much of the anti-federalist case against ratification without amendments. The foundation underlying all his arguments was a consistent warning against consolidation – or centralized power – and trusting people with that power. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: September 22, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Episode – We the People or We the States: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speech No. 1 Speech of June 4, 1788 Speech of June 5, 1788 Speech of June 9, 1788 Speech of June 14, 1788 Speech of June 7, 1788 Episode – Treaties, Trials and Supremacy: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speeches 8-10 Episode – Implied vs Expressly Reserved: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speeches 5-7 Patrick Henry – Letter to Richard Henry Lee (28 Aug 1789) Virginia and the Ratification of the Bill of Rights Henry Lee to James Madison (3 Apr 1790) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on Sovren Watch on Twitter Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on Gab 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 Patrick Henry: Top Anti-Federalist Warnings first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

The federal reserve isn’t going to end itself. And congress isn’t going to cut off the engine that drives the biggest, most powerful government in the history of the world. It’s up to the states and the people to nullify it into oblivion – where it belongs. Path to Liberty: September 20, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Episode – The Central Bank vs the Constitution Book: The National Bank vs the Constitution Lysander Spooner – A Defence for Fugitive Slaves (1850) Maharrey: How the National Bank Destroyed the Limits of the Constitution Maharrey: How the Fed Wrecks the Economy Maharrey – Central Bank Digital Currency: Paper Money isn’t the Solution Goldback.com United Precious Metals Association (UPMA) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on Sovren Watch on Twitter Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on Gab 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 Nullify the Fed first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Sept 18, 1850 – Pres. Millard Fillmore signed the 2nd Federal Fugitive Slave Act into law. An attempt to implement the Fugitive Slave Clause of the Constitution, the act, at best, had serious constitutional issues. In response, as had been done under the previous act, states passed Personal Liberty Laws which nullified the federal act in practice and effect. Path to Liberty: September 18, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Compromise of 1850 Today in History: Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Signed into Law Wiki: Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Fugitive Slave Clause – Constitution, Article IV, Sec. 2, Cl 3 Constitution Center Tells the Same False Story The Constitutional Convention: The Fugitive Slave Clause Constitution: Article IV, Section 2 Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 Oliver Ellsworth – Connecticut Ratifying Convention (7 Jan 1788) James Madison – Federalist 46 (29 Jan 1788) The Anti-Commandeering Doctrine: An Introduction Prigg v Pennsylvania Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Massachusetts Personal Liberty Act (1855) William Lloyd Garrison – Editorial in the Liberator (1 Nov 1850) Walt Whitman’s Caution South Carolina Secession: the Truth MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on Sovren Watch on Twitter Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on Gab 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 Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: One of the Worst Ever first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Despite writing on the Constitution for decades – few people today seem to even know the name Lysander Spooner. And most who do, rarely know more than one quote. Time to turn that around. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: September 15, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Constitutional Law, Relative to Credit, Currency and Banking (1843) A Defence for Fugitive Slaves (1850) James Otis, Jr. – Speech Against the Writs of Assistance (24 Feb 1761) Thomas Jefferson – Kentucky Resolutions (10 Nov 1798) The Unconstitutionality of the Legal Tender Acts of Congress (1864) Richard Henry Lee – via Melancton Smith’s notes of the Confederation Congress (27 Sept 1787) Address of the Free Constitutionalists to the People of the United States (1860) Thomas Jefferson to William Charles Jarvis (28 Sept 1820) An Essay on the Trial by Jury (1862) Thomas Jefferson’s Fair Copy – Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 A Letter to Grover Cleveland (1886) James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (24 Nov 1787) James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (29 July 1788) Oliver Ellsworth – Connecticut Ratifying Convention (7 Jan 1788) The Anti-Commandeering Doctrine: An Introduction A letter to Thomas Bayard (1882) Theophilus Parsons – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (5 Feb 1788) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on Sovren Watch on Twitter Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on Gab 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 Spooner’s Other Statements on the Constitution first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

All the founders agreed that standing armies were a great threat to liberty. The only debate was really the best way to prevent those dangers. But they didn’t come up with this view on their own – it was part of a very long tradition that was opposed to large, permanent military establishments. Path to Liberty: September 13, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives John Trenchard – A short History of Standing Armies in England (1698) English Bill of Rights (1689) Using Tyranny to Prevent Tyranny: A Warning on Standing Armies The Debate over Standing Armies and Militias in Early America A Democratic Federalist (17 Oct 1787) George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (14 June 1788) James Madison – Philadelphia Convention (23 Aug 1787) Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 8 (20 Nov 1787) James Madison – Political Observations (20 Apr 1795) Declaration of Independence Gen. George Washington Bids Farewell to the Fabled Continental Army George Washington – Sentiments on a Peace Establishment (1 May 1783) Henry Knox – Plan for the General Arrangement of the Militia of the United Stats (18 Jan 1790) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on Sovren Watch on Twitter Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on Gab 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 Why the Founders Warned Against Standing Armies first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Forgotten long ago: Essential principles underlying the Constitution and liberty – right from the Founders. It’s time to turn that around. Path to Liberty: September 11, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Benjamin Franklin – Reply to the Governor (11 Nov 1755) John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. 9 (1767) James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (13 May 1798) John Taylor of Caroline – Tyranny Unmasked (1822) George Washington – Farewell Address (19 Sept 1796) Brutus No. VIII (10 Jan 1788) Thomas Jefferson – letter to Destutt de Tracy of (26 Dec 1820) James Madison – Political Observations (20 Apr 1795) Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Isaac H. Tiffany (4 Apr 1819) Algernon Sidney – Discourses Concerning Government (1698) Lysander Spooner – A Defence for Fugitive Slaves (1850) James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (29 July 1788) John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788) Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part II MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on Sovren Watch on Twitter Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on Gab 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 Top-5 to “Never Forget” first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Despite the fact that it proved to be mostly a false alarm, the “Powder Alarm” of 1774 showed the colonists that the British were serious – and willing to use gun control efforts to keep them in their place. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: September 1, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Maharrey – British Seizure of Gunpowder Leads to “Powder Alarm” American History Central – The Powder Alarm of Massachusetts David Kopel – How the British Gun Control Program Precipitated the American Revolution Wiki – Powder Alarm Wiki – William Brattle John Andrews Letter (1 Sept 1774) JL Bell – Powder Alarm JL Bell – Exaggerated Accounts John Adams Diary (6 Sept 1774) JL Bell – Israel Putnam and an express from Boston JL Bell – Forcing Resignations Episode – It Was Gun Control: What Started the War for Independence MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on Sovren Watch on Twitter Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on Gab 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 It was Gun Control: The Powder Alarm and the Road to Independence first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.