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The natural right of self defence is one of our most essential rights, part of the first law of nature. But that hasn’t stopped governments from violating it. So the founders told us over and over that it’s up to us – the people of the states – to protect and defend our own constitution and our own liberty – whether the government likes it, or not. In this episode, we’re applying their principles and strategy to protect and defend the 2nd Amendment from federal violations. Path to Liberty: December 13, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803) James Wilson – Lectures on Law James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (30 Jul 1788) Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 33 (3 Jan 1788) James Iredell- North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 Jul 1788) Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Philip Mazzei (24 Apr 1796) Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part II (1792) James Otis, Jr – Freeborn American (27 Apr 1767) John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania XI (1767) Theophilus Parsons – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (23 Jan 1788) John Steele – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (25 Jul 1788) James Madison – Federalist 46 (29 Jan 1788) Roger Sherman (8 Dec 1787) James Otis, Jr (11 Jan 1762) Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook 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 2nd Amendment: Founders’ Blueprint to Defeat Gun Control first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

“Tyrants care nothing for discussions that are to end only in discussion.” Lysander Spooner didn’t pull any punches. He knew that words without action were meaningless in the fight against tyranny. In this episode, we’ll dive into some of his most radical and powerful takes on the Constitution – his ideas matter now more than ever. Path to Liberty: December 11, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Lysander Spooner – No Treason VI, The Constitution of No Authority (1870) Episode – Constitution: The Founders on the Limits of Parchment Barriers A Defence for Fugitive Slaves (1850) Essay on the Trial by Jury (1852) Episode – Jury Nullification: The People’s Secret Weapon Against Tyranny Forced Consent (1873) Address of the Free Constitutionalists to the People of the United States (1860) Episode – John Locke vs Lysander Spooner: Consent of the Governed MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn 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 Lysander Spooner: Radical Truths on Tyranny and the Constitution first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Liberty is doomed where power is united – consolidated in the same hands. That’s the warning Montesquieu gave us about separation of powers. This was one of the biggest battles between Federalists and Anti-Federalists But here’s the twist: both sides used the exact same words to support opposite arguments. In this episode, we’re diving into this critical debate over the ideas of the most-cited political writer of the ratification debates Path to Liberty: December 9, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Natelson – The ideas that formed the Constitution: Montesquieu Paul Merrill Spurlin – Montesquieu and the American Constitution Center for the Study of the American Constitution The Spirit of Laws, Vol. 1, Book XI – Of the Laws that form political Liberty, with regard to the Constitution James Madison – Political Observations (20 Apr 1795) Constitution of Virginia (1776) Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1780) Boldin – Separation of Powers: A “Dogmatic Maxim” in the Constitution Richard Peters – Letter to John Adams (15 June 1789) Separation of Powers with Checks and Balances Richard Henry Lee – Letter to Gov. Edmund Randolph (16 Oct 1787) Centinel II (24 Oct 1787) The Dissent of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention (18 Dec 1787) Impartial Examiner IV (11 June 1788) Maharrey – George Mason’s Anti-Federalist Arguments Against the Constitution John C. Pinheiro – How the Founders Read Montesquieu James Madison – Federalist 47 (1 Feb 1788) William Davie – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788) James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (4 Dec 1787) Episode – The Other 16th Amendment: Separation of Powers William Reddinger – John Dickinson and the Moderation of Constitutional Balance in The Letters of Fabius MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn 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 Anti-Federalist vs Federalist CLASH: Montesquieu and Separation of Powers first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Rights don’t come from a constitution, a bill of rights, or any document at all. Your natural rights – come from your creator – and you have them by the nature of your humanity. Even civil rights – are built on the foundation of natural rights. These were widely-held views from the founders and old revolutionaries. Path to Liberty: December 6, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Declaration of Independence (4 July 1776) Virginia Declaration of Rights (12 June 1776) Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part II (1792) John Dickinson – An address to the Committee of Correspondence in Barbados (1766) Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Henry Lee (8 May 1825) Alexander Hamilton – The Farmer Refuted, &c. (23 Feb 1775) Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Mason Locke Weems (13 Dec 1804) Episode – Thomas Jefferson’s Favorite Book on Government? Francis Hutcheson – An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (1726) Episode – Jefferson’s Trinity Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part I (1791) Samuel Adams – The Rights of the Colonists (20 Nov 1772) Episode – Everyone Armed to Preserve Liberty James Otis, Jr – The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (1764) John Jay – Letter to J.C. Dongan (7 Feb 1792) Luther Martin – Philadelphia Convention (27-28 June 1787) Theophilus Parsons – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (5 Feb 1788) Thomas Paine – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (1788) James Madison – Speech Proposing Amendments to the Constitution (8 June 1789) Thomas Paine – Dissertation on the First Principles of Government (1795) Thomas Jefferson – A Summary View of the Rights of British America (July 1774) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn 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 Rights Are Not Gifts from Government: The Founders’ View first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

Division of power, precedent, the right to resist, and more – essential – and totally forgotten – principles that fueled the American Revolution. They’re all drawn from John Dickinson’s 1767 Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania. Totally forgotten and ignored today, but they were the most widely-read writings on American liberty prior to the War for Independence. Path to Liberty: December 4, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (full text) Maharrey – Forgotten Foundation of the Revolution: Letters from a Farmer Letter 12 Montesquieu – The Spirit of Law Chap. XIII Letter 4 Declaration of Rights and Resolves – Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress (19 Oct 1765) Letter 2 Letter 6 Letter 7 Letter 11 Letter 9 Letter 12 Letter 11 MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn 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 4 Forgotten Principles That Fueled the American Revolution first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

The founders knew that an armed society was essential to preserving liberty – because they lived it first hand. In fact, this was one of the most critical lessons they passed down to us. In this episode, learn some powerful views from leading founders and old revolutionaries on the right to keep and bear arms as a natural right, on the role of the militia as a defence against both foreign and domestic danger, and the goal that everyone be armed to preserve liberty. Path to Liberty: November 22, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives George Washington – Sentiments on a Peace Establishment (1 May 1783) Dickinson, Jefferson – Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (6 July 1775) Samuel Adams – The Rights of the Colonists (20 Nov 1772) George Washington – First Annual Message to Congress (8 Jan 1790) Henry Knox – Letter to George Washington (18 Jan 1790) George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (16 June 1788) Federal Farmer XVIII (25 Jan 1788) Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Destutt De Tracy (26 Jan 1811) Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (13 June 1788) St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803) Noah Webster – A Citizen of America: An Examination Into the Leading Principles of America (17 Oct 1787) Episode – 4 Main Reasons for the 2nd Amendment Luther Martin – Genuine Information VII (18 Jan 1788) James Madison – Federalist 46 (29 Jan 1788) John Hancock – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (6 Feb 1788) Mercy Otis Warren – Observations on the New Constitution (1788) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn 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 2nd Amendment: Everyone Armed to Preserve Liberty (Founders Warnings) first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

The Founders warned us – over and over again – that power always expands, no matter who holds it. So, you can’t trust anyone with power, no matter how much you like them or what they do, because that same power will eventually fall into the hands of someone hell-bent on destroying your liberty. In this episode, you’ll learn some of the most powerful warnings from the Founders about the dangers of power – warnings we can’t afford to ignore any longer. Path to Liberty: November 20, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives John Adams – Notes for an Oration at Braintree (Spring 1772) Mercy Otis Warren – History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution vol. 2 John Adams – An Essay on Man’s Lust for Power, with the Author’s Comment in 1807 (29 Aug 1763) John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. VI (1767) Samuel Adams – Letter to James Warren (24 Oct 1780) George Mason – Philadelphia Convention (11 July 1787) Abigail Adams – Letter to John Adams (27 Nov 1775) Samuel Adams – Loyalty and Sedition – Essay in The Advertiser (1748) Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (5 June 1788) Jefferson & Dickinson – Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (6 July 1775) John Jay – Address to the People of New York (15 Apr 1788) Oliver Ellsworth – A Landholder III (19 Nov 1787) Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (9 June 1788) Richard Henry Lee – Letter to Patrick Henry (28 May 1789) George Washington – Farewell Address (19 Sept 1796) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn 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 Trust No One with Power: Forgotten and Ignored Warnings from the Founders first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

His writings had far more influence on the debates over the Constitution than the Federalist Papers we hear so much about today. In this episode, learn his top-4 arguments for ratification, including a clear line in the sand on delegated and reserved powers, the true source of government power, the militia, and much more. Path to Liberty: November 18, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives NEW BOOK – The Other Federalist Papers: Tench Coxe Maharrey – Forgotten Federalist who Helped Influence Ratification of the Constitution Thomas Jefferson – Letter to William Johnson (12 June 1823) James Madison – Letter to Henry Lee (25 June 1824) Maharrey – Tench Coxe: A Detailed Breakdown of State vs. Federal Powers An American Citizen II (28 Sept 1787) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn 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 Forgotten Founder Tench Coxe: The “Other” Federalist Papers Revealed first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

“I would wish the debt paid tomorrow; he wishes it never to be paid, but always to be a thing wherewith to corrupt and manage the legislature.” This slapback from Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson was aimed squarely at Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. These two – along with Edmund Randolph and Henry Knox – made up Washington’s first cabinet, a group filled with some major ideological clashes. In this episode, we’ll explore how their divisive views on issues like the national debt and a national bank created a rift so deep it helped give rise to America’s first two-party system. Path to Liberty: November 15, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Thomas Jefferson – Letter to George Washington (9 Sept 1792) National Archives: The Anecdotes The complete anas of Thomas Jefferson Constitution: Article II, Section 2 James Madison – Resolution (19 May 1789) James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (27 May 1789) List of secretaries of state of the United States John Jay – Letter to Gouverneur Morris (24 Sept 1783) John Jay – Charge to Grandy Jury, Richmond Virginia Lehrman Institute – Founding Economists Mount Vernon – Department of the Treasury George Washington to the United States Senate (11 Sept 1789) Alexander Hamilton – Unsubmitted Resolution Calling for a Convention to Amend the Articles of Confederation (July 1783) Alexander Hamilton – Letter to to Robert Morris (30 Apr 1781) Henry Knox – Letter to George Washington, Plan for the Arrangement of the Militia (18 Jan 1790) Henry Knox – Report on Indian Affairs (29 Dec 1794) George Washington to the United States Senate (25 Sept 1789) Edmund Randolph’s Opinion on Recess Appointments (7 July 1792) Maharrey – Edmund Randolph vs the National Bank Episode – The Constitution vs the National Bank: Edmund Randolph’s Analysis Thomas Jefferson – First Inaugural (4 Mar 1801) Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank Episode – Thomas Jefferson: The Constitution vs the National Bank Mount Vernon – Jefferson and Hamilton: Political Rivals in Washington’s Cabinet George Washington – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (23 Aug 1792) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn 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 Cabinet Picks Clash: Washington’s Team and America’s First 2-Party System first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.

“We cannot be happy without being FREE.” Those words come from John Dickinson, who saw LIBERTY as the foundation of everything else. Once almost as famous as Benjamin Franklin, Dickinson is almost totally forgotten today. Known as the “Penman of the Revolution,” he was a fierce defender of natural rights, the father of the Articles of Confederation, a leading opponent of the Stamp Act, a supporter of the Constitution, and much more. To honor his birthday, we’re diving into the life and legacy of one of America’s most underrated and ignored founding fathers. Path to Liberty: November 13, 2024 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. 12 (1767) Delaware Historical and Cultural Affairs Natelson – The Founders and the Constitution: John Dickinson Forrest McDonald – John Dickinson: The Most Underrated Founder? Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (6 July 1775) Episode – Forgotten Declaration: Cause of the War for Independence Explained Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress: Declaration of Rights and Grievances (19 Oct 1765) Jane Calvert – John Dickinson Biography Broadside Against the Stamp Act (Nov 1765) Maharrey – John Dickinson Put His Money Where His Mouth Was Episode – Articles of Confederation: An Introduction Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788) Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Joseph Bringhurst (24 Feb 1808) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Minds Watch on Facebook Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on TikTok Watch on LinkedIn 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 Most Underrated and Ignored Founder: John Dickinson, Penman of the Revolution first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.