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Oct 29, 2025 • 29min

It Wasn’t Checks and Balances. It Was Trust.

The Anti-Federalist vs Federalist debate you were never taught. It wasn’t about checks and balances. It was about one word: TRUST. The Anti-Federalists said you can NEVER trust the man. The Federalists countered – maybe so, but you CAN trust the PLAN. It was a core conflict over ratification – and an ironic twist that tells us which side was right. Path to Liberty: October 29, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives John Williams – New York Ratifying Convention (2 July 1788) Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (5 June 1788) Brutus VIII (10 Jan 1788) “Old” Abraham White – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (16 Jan 1788) James Lincoln – South Carolina Debates (18 Jan 1788) Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (9 June 1788) William Grayson – Virginia Ratifying Convention (21 June 1788) Impartial Examiner III (5 Mar 1788) John Marshall – Virginia Ratifying Convention (10 June 1788) Oliver Ellsworth – Landholder No. III (19 Nov 1787) John Jay – Address to the People of the State of New York (12 Apr 1788) George Nicholas – Virginia Ratifying Convention (13 June 1788) Whitmill Hill – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (26 July 1788) Patrick Henry (16 June 1788) John Adams – Notes for an Oration at Braintree (Spring 1772) Abigail Adams – Letter to John Adams (27 Nov 1775) Mercy Otis Warren – History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution vol. 2 (1805) 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post It Wasn’t Checks and Balances. It Was Trust. appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.
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Oct 24, 2025 • 30min

Five Weapons. One Target: Your Liberty.

The Anti-Federalists weren’t just arguing politics; they were issuing dire warnings for generations to come. They predicted the Constitution contained the seeds of tyranny that would lead to a corrupt aristocracy or monarchy. On this episode, we explore five of their specific predictions and ask the essential question: Were they right? Path to Liberty: October 24, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives New Book: The Anti-Federalists Were Right? Pennsylvania – Address and reasons of dissent of the minority of the convention (12 Dec 1787) Cato III (25 Oct 1787) George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (4 June 1788) Elbridge Gerry’s Objections -Letter to Massachusetts Legislature (18 Oct 1787) Luther Martin – Genuine Information (28 Dec 1787) Episode – We the People vs We the States: The Constitution’s Real Purpose Elbridge Gerry – Letter to James Warren (18 Oct 1787) George Mason – Objections to the Constitution (16 Sept – 4 Oct 1787) Cato V (22 Nov 1787) Episode – Repeal the 17th Amendment: Ignored Anti-Federalist Warnings on the Senate CATO VI (13 Dec 1787) CATO IV (8 Nov 1787) 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Five Weapons. One Target: Your Liberty. appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.
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Oct 22, 2025 • 20min

Even the “LAW” isn’t Above the Law

In America, the law is king. But here’s what the schools don’t teach: even government’s laws aren’t above THE law. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land – acts beyond it are void. The Founders told us over and over: violating these so-called “laws” isn’t inherently wrong. As Patrick Henry put it, we’re “not bound to yield obedience.” And sometimes, it’s duty. This is the revolutionary case for disobedience that built America. Path to Liberty: October 22, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Thomas Jefferson – Kentucky Resolutions (10 Nov 1798) Archibald Maclaine – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788) Episode – No Such Thing as an Unconstitutional Law Patrick Henry – Resolutions Against the Stamp act (1765) John Dickinson – Broadside Against the Stamp Act (1765) Episode – REFUSE TO COMPLY: How the Stamp Act Was Nullified John Locke – Two Treatises (1689) Algernon Sidney – Discourses Concerning Government (1680) Thomas Aquinas – Commentary on Sentences (1250s) Benjamin Franklin – Proposal for the Great Seal of the United States, [before 14 August 1776] James Otis, Jr – Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved Episode: This Wasn’t a Request. It was a Refusal Thomas Paine – Common Sense (10 Jan 1776) St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803) James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788) Thomas Jefferson – Draft for the Kentucky Resolutions (before 4 Oct 1798) 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Even the “LAW” isn’t Above the Law appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.
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Oct 10, 2025 • 16min

No Such Thing as an Unconstitutional Law

When government goes beyond its limits, those acts carry no legal force at all. They’re usurpations – STOLEN POWER. And they deserve to be treated that way too. Path to Liberty: October 10, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives George Mason’s remarks on annual elections for the Fairfax Independent Company (April 1775) John Jay – An Address to the People of the State of New-York on the Subject of the Constitution (12 Apr 1788) Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of the National Bank (15 Feb 1791) James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (24 Nov 1787) Thomas Paine – Rights of Man Part the Second (1792) Thomas Sheridan – A Complete Dictionary of the English Language (1789) Declaration of Independence (1776) James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (30 July 1788) St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803) Oliver Ellsworth – Connecticut Ratifying Convention (7 Jan 1788) James Wilson – Speech Delivered in the Convention for the Province of Pennsylvania (Jan 1775) Thomas Jefferson – Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 33 (3 Jan 1788) James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788) Roger Sherman (8 Dec 1787) Luther Martin – Genuine Information (28 Dec 1787) 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post No Such Thing as an Unconstitutional Law appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.
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Oct 8, 2025 • 20min

They Said It Was for Defense. It Was for Control.

From ancient Rome to the streets of Boston, a timeless formula has always demanded the same price: liberty. The founders didn’t discover this danger – they recognized the pattern. They had seen it in the history books, and they knew the tragedy in Boston was its predictable result. Path to Liberty: October 8, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Joseph Warren – Massacre Day Oration (6 Mar 1775) Thomas Gordon – A Discourse of Standing Armies (1722) Joseph Warren – Massacre Day Oration (5 Mar 1772) Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 75 (5 May 1722) James Lovell – Massacre Day Oration (2 Apr 1771) David Hume – The History of England vol 4 (1759) Thomas Gordon – Cato’s Letters No. 76 (12 May 1722) TJ Martinell – Using Tyranny to Prevent Tyranny: A Warning on Standing Armies John Adams – Instructions of Boston to its Representatives in the General Court (17 June 1768) John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. XI (1767) John Hancock – Massacre Day Oration (5 Mar 1774) Henry Knox – Letter to George Washington (18 Jan 1790) George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (14 June 1788) James Madison – Political Observations (20 Apr 1795) 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post They Said It Was for Defense. It Was for Control. appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.
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Oct 3, 2025 • 24min

The Original Shutdown Wasn’t a Political Game. It Was Revolution.

Discover the bold strategies of the Continental Association, a revolutionary economic shutdown from 1774. Learn how non-importation and consumer boycotts targeted British goods, reshaping local economies. Hear how self-governing committees emerged, seizing power and enforcing compliance. Delve into the debates that fueled the resolve for independence, and explore the profound impacts of grassroots activism on colonial unity. This historical narrative uncovers the groundbreaking tactics that laid the groundwork for revolution.
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Oct 1, 2025 • 23min

This Wasn’t a Request. It Was a Refusal.

The First Continental Congress met in 1774 to respond to the hated Coercive Acts – Parliament’s brutal punishment for the Boston Tea Party. They had a decision: submit to tyranny, or resist. Their answer was the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress. On this episode, one of the most important and most forgotten documents of the American Revolution. A direct precursor to both the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Path to Liberty: October 1, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (14 Oct 1774) The Liberty Affair Maharrey – The Continental Congress Adopts a Declaration of Colonial Rights John Adams – Autobiography, Part I – In Congress 1774 Thomas Jefferson – Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774) First Continental Congress, Declaration and Resolves Declaration and Resolves 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post This Wasn’t a Request. It Was a Refusal. appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.
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Sep 26, 2025 • 33min

The Revolution Didn’t Begin with a Shot. It Began with a Line in the Sand.

Life, liberty, and property weren’t just theories – they were the foundation of the American Revolution. John Locke wrote them, the Declaration adopted them, but Samuel Adams turned them into action. In 1772, he drafted an incredibly important, but almost totally forgotten document that led to the network of communication and resistance and laid the groundwork for independence. Path to Liberty: September 26, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Samuel Adams – Rights of the Colonists (20 Nov 1772) The Formation of the Committees of Correspondence Boston Petition (26 Oct 1772) Declaration of Independence (1776) Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms (6 July 1775) John Locke – Two Treatises (1689) Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Henry Lee (8 May 1825) The Boston Pamphlet The Letter That Helped Start a Revolution Bedford Responds to Boston Pamphlet Virginia Resolutions Establishing A Committee of Correspondence (12 Mar 1773) Boston Committee of Correspondence (9 Apr 1773) Thomas Hutchinson – Letter to John Pownall (19 Apr 1773) Daniel Leonard – Massachusettensis Letter III (2 Jan 1775) Thomas Hutchinson – The history of the province of Massachusetts Bay vol III John Adams – Letter to Samuel Adams (23 Feb 1780) Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (12 Apr 1773) 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post The Revolution Didn’t Begin with a Shot. It Began with a Line in the Sand. appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.
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Sep 19, 2025 • 27min

America Didn’t Escape the Crown. We Rebuilt the Throne.

Same system. Different flag. The Revolutionaries Declared Independence in 1776 – and put their lives on the line to keep it. Yet today, the system we live under is virtually the same – in practice as the British system they fought a long war to secede from Path to Liberty: September 19, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Sir Francis Bernard – Principles in Law and Polity Applied to the Government of the British Colonies in America (1764) Sugar Act (5 Apr 1764) Samuel Adams – Boston Merchants to the Massachusetts General Assembly (31 May 1764) James Otis – The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (12 July 1764) Patrick Henry – Virginia Resolves (20 May 1765) Declaratory Act (18 Mar 1766) George Mason’s remarks on annual elections for the Fairfax Independent Company (April 1775) Thomas Paine – The Crisis No. I (27 Dec 1776) James Madison – Report of 1800 (7 Jan 1800) St. George Tucker – Blackstone’s Commentaries, Of the Several Forms of Government (1803) John Jay – Address to the People of the State of New York (1788) James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (4 Dec 1787) John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788) George Nicholas – Virginia Ratifying Convention (16 June 1788) Archibald Maclaine – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788) Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 33 (3 Jan 1788) George Nicholas – Virginia Ratifying Convention (3 June 1788) St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803) Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part the Second (1792) Thomas Jefferson – Notes on the State of Virginia, Query VIII (1782) Thomas Jefferson – Draft for the Kentucky Resolutions (1798) 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post America Didn’t Escape the Crown. We Rebuilt the Throne. appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.
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Sep 17, 2025 • 17min

BETRAYAL: The Constitution Wasn’t Stolen. It Was Surrendered.

“A republic …if you can keep it.” We’ve all heard Benjamin Franklin’s famous “constitution day” line. But he wasn’t warning about government, or even the Constitution itself. He was warning us – about us. In his final speech at the Philadelphia Convention, Franklin also issued another warning – a dire prediction of how it would all end. In this episode, we dig into those warnings to understand what “keeping it” really meant to Franklin, Madison, Adams, Dickinson, and so many others who knew that words on paper would never be enough. Path to Liberty: September 17, 2025 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Benjamin Franklin – Philadelphia Convention (17 Sept 1787) Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part the Second (1792) James Madison – Federalist 48 (1 Feb 1788) John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788) John Jay – Address to the People of the State of New York (1788) James Otis, Jr – Freeborn American (27 Apr 1767) Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771) Machiavelli – Discourses on Livy (1513) Thomas Jefferson – Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XIX (1784) Benjamin Franklin – Letter To The Abbés Chalet And Arnaud (17 Apr 1787) Papers of Dr. James McHenry on the Federal Convention of 1787 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post BETRAYAL: The Constitution Wasn’t Stolen. It Was Surrendered. appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

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