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Nov 8, 2023 • 29min
Jefferson’s Trinity
In a letter to Benjamin Rush, Thomas Jefferson told him of his “trinity of the three greatest men the world had ever produced.” Bacon, Newton and Locke.
Path to Liberty: November 8, 2023
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Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush (16 Jan 1811)
Paintings in Jefferson’s Parlor
Wiki: Age of Enlightenment
Wiki: Sir Francis Bacon
Benjamin Franklin – Poor Richard Improved (1749)
Monticello – Knowledge is Power
Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor (25 Nov 1817)
Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell (25 Dec 1820)
St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803)
Liberty Fund: Francis Bacon
The Ideas that Formed the Constitution: Sir Isaac Newton
Madison Debates (7 June 1787)
The Ideas that Formed the Constitution: John Locke and the Ninth Amendment
John Locke’s Case Against Absolute Rule
Episode – Illegitimate Government: John Locke on Tyranny
John Locke’s Appeal to Heaven: Its Continuing Relevance
Locke: Two Treatises – Chapter 17 S 225
John Locke and the Declaration of Independence
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Nov 6, 2023 • 30min
3 Ways Hamilton Won. 1 He Didn’t.
Alexander Hamilton wanted a central government with unlimited power. And although he didn’t get it on paper, he still pushed for it in other ways after ratification. As a result, today we live under the largest government in history.
Path to Liberty: November 6, 2023
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The Hamilton Plan of Government (18 June 1788)
Thomas Paine – Letter to the Abbe Raynal (1792)
James Madison – The Report of 1800 (7 Jan 1800)
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (1774)
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms (1775)
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Hamilton – A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress (15 Dec 1774)
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to George Washington (9 Sept 1792)
The Supremacy Clause Resource Page
Centinel No. V (4 Dec 1787)
Thomas Jefferson – Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
Alexander Hamilton’s “Implied Powers” Wrecked the Constitution
Hamilton’s Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States (1791)
Episode – Ten Thousand Implied Powers: Patrick Henry’s Final Antifederalist Speech
James Madison to Spencer Roane (2 Sept 1819)
Episode – Necessary is Supposed to Mean Necessary
Episode – Alexander Hamilton’s Craziest Plan
Maharrey: The Seeds of Nullification
Federalist 16 (4 Dec 1787)
Episode – The Seeds of Nullification: A Lesson from the Articles of Confederation
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Nov 3, 2023 • 19min
Alexander Hamilton’s Craziest Plan
You thought a national bank, implied powers, the whiskey tax, and redefining necessary as convenient was bad enough? Wait till you hear what Hamilton really wanted to do.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: November 3, 2023
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The Founders and the Constitution: Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton, June 18, 1787, Proposals for United States Constitutional Convention
June 16, 1787: Comparing the Plans
Madison Debates: June 18. 1787
The Hamilton Plan
Plan of Government – LOC (18 June 1787)
Thomas Paine – American Crisis (1776)
John Hancock – Massacre Day Oration (5 Mar 1774)
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to George Washington (9 Sept 1792)
Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush (16 Jan 1811)
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Episode – Hamilton’s Dictatorship: Antifederalist Cato No. 2
How the National Bank Destroyed the Limits of Constitution
Episode – Hamilton’s Worst Flip Flop
Episode – George Washington and the Whiskey Rebellion
Episode – Necessary is Supposed to mean Necessary
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Nov 1, 2023 • 26min
This is Already an Economic Crisis
Deficits and the national debt have been growing for so long that most people just shrug when we talk about them. They seem to think that the government can just keep kicking the can down the road. But every road comes to an end.
Path to Liberty: November 1, 2023
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Maharrey – Fiscal 2023 Federal Budget Deficit Third-Largest Ever
James Madison – Letter to Henry Lee (13 Apr 1790)
Peter Schiff: A Crisis Is Already Playing Out Under the Radar
Wall Street Silver – Doom Loop
George Washington – Fifth Annual Message to Congress (3 Dec 1793)
SchiffGold – Record Borrowing on the Way
Daniel Lacalle – Mounting Deficits Mark the US’s Road to Ruin
Brutus VIII (10 Jan 1788)
Roll Call – $80 Billion for the IRS
James Madison – Political Observations (20 Apr 1795)
A Ticking Time Bomb: National Debt Quietly Surges Above $33 Trillion
Does Government Debt Matter?
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to George Washington (9 Sept 1792)
Lysander Spooner – No Treason VI
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Oct 27, 2023 • 17min
Bill of Rights: Most Important Amendment?
For many leading founders – from Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Adams – one amendment was not only the “foundation of the constitution,” but also “the Palladium of the private, and personal rights of the Citizens.”
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: October 27, 2023
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Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (15 Feb 1791)
John Jay – A Citizen of New York (1788)
Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (5 June 1788)
Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (7 June 1788)
Episode – Strike the Root: Consolidation
Consolidation and the Destruction of Liberty
John Taylor of Caroline – Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated (1820)
Massachusetts Ratification (6 Feb 1788)
Samuel Adams – Letter to Elbridge Gerry (22 Aug 1789)
Samuel Adams – Letter to Richard Henry Lee (24 Aug 1789)
New York Ratification (26 July 1788)
Virginia Ratification (26 June 1788)
South Carolina Ratification (23 May 1788)
James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (28 Nov 1787)
Samuel Adams – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (1 Feb 1788)
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Oct 25, 2023 • 29min
22 Years of Patriot Act Blowback
October 26, 2001 – We’re still grappling with the blowback that comes with allowing freedom to be eviscerated in exchange for the false promise of “security”
Path to Liberty: October 25, 2023
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Andrew Napolitano: Neither Liberty nor Safety
John Whitehead: 22 Years of Blowback from the USA Patriot Act
Benjamin Franklin – Reply to the Governor (11 Nov 1755)
EPIC – Patriot Act Overview
Sharon Bradford Franklin – Rethinking Surveillance
Marcy Wheeler – Section 215 CDR
William Binney – The executive order that led to mass spying, as told by NSA alumni
EFF – NSA Surveillance Under Section 702
EFF – ‘Incidental,’ Not Accidental, Collection
Episode – Like a Cancer: Warrantless Surveillance under Section 702
John Whitehead: Who Will Protect Us from an Unpatriotic Patriot Act?
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
Episode – Patriot Act on Steroids: Surveillance State Beyond Section 215
How Patriot Act Affects Financial Institutions?
Thomas Paine – Rights of Man Part II (1792)
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Oct 23, 2023 • 36min
We the People: Both the Solution and the Problem
For James Madison, the people of the several states were both the source of all power – and thus the ultimate solution to usurpations – but at the same time, the source of many of the problems due to the tendency towards factions – ultimately leading to the majority trampling on the rights of the minority.
Path to Liberty: October 23, 2023
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Philadelphia Convention (31 Aug 1787)
Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
Speech Introducing Amendments to the Constitution (8 June 1789)
Declaration of Independence
Letter to Thomas Jefferson (19 Mar 1787)
Virginia Ratifying Convention (6 June 1788)
Virginia Ratifying Convention (11 June 1788)
Federalist 46 (29 Jan 1788)
Virginia Resolutions (21-23 Dec 1798)
Report of 1800 (7 Jan 1800)
Maharrey: The Power of Factions
Federalist 10 (23 Nov 1787)
Federalist 50 (5 Jan 1788)
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Oct 20, 2023 • 21min
We’ve Got a Serious Compliance Problem
The largest government in history is not even remotely close to the system the founders set up under the Constitution. Things didn’t get like this overnight – and there’s a root cause for why it’ll keep getting worse. Understanding it is to also understand the solution.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: October 20, 2023
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James Madison – Federalist 45
Alexander Hamilton – New York Ratifying Convention (28 June 1788)
Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (15 Feb 1791)
Maharrey: The Biggest, Most Powerful Government in the History of the World
John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania VII (1767)
James Otis – Freeborn American (27 Apr 1767)
John Dickinson – Broadside against the Stamp Act (1765)
John Adams – Novanglus III (6 Feb 1775)
James Iredell – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (29 July 1788)
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Oct 18, 2023 • 33min
Nullify the National Police State: Top-5 to Opt Out
Thanks to a growing number of unconstitutional federal programs, local law enforcement in almost every jurisdiction has been drawn in as tools of a national police state the founders would’ve despised. But states aren’t required to participate, even under modern precedent. Here are 5 big areas where they can simply opt out and help bring this unconstitutional national police state to an end.
Path to Liberty: October 18, 2023
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James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (13 May 1798)
John Whitehead – America’s Crisis State Goes Global
John Whitehead – The Cost of the Nation’s Endless Wars
John Whitehead – 20 Years of Government-Sponsored Tyranny
Episode – Militarized Federal Agencies: The Other Standing Army?
Episode – Top-4 Ways the Feds Nationalize and Militarize Local Police
Episode – Nullify the Federal “Equitable Sharing” Asset Forfeiture Program
Maharrey – Joint Law Enforcement Task Forces are Creating a National Police State
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Oct 16, 2023 • 37min
Nullification 101: 6 Core Principles
Understanding nullification – what it is and what needs to be done – is far easier when you have a good understanding of these foundational principles underlying it.
Path to Liberty: October 16, 2023
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George Mason – Remarks on Annual Elections for the Fairfax Independent Company (Apr 1775)
Robert Livingston – New York Ratifying Convention (19 June 1788)
Mercy Otis Warren – Observations on the New Constitution (1788)
Free book – Tenth Amendment: Power from the People
Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part I (1791)
“Lighthorse” Harry Lee – Virginia Ratifying Convention (9 June 1788)
John Jay – A Citizen of New York (Apr 1788)
Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of the National Bank (15 Feb 1791)
James Otis, Jr. – Speech Against the Writs of Assistance (24 Feb 1761)
Oliver Ellsworth – Connecticut Ratifying Convention (7 Jan 1788)
Thomas Jefferson – Kentucky Resolutions (10 Nov 1798)
James Madison – Federalist 48 (1 Feb 1788)
John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788)
Roger Sherman – A Countryman II (22 Nov 1787)
James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (24 Nov 1787)
James Madison – Federalist 49 (2 Feb 1788)
Thomas Jefferson’s Fair Copy (4 Oct 1798)
Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 33 (3 Jan 1788)
George Washington – Circular to the States (8 June 1783)
James Otis, Jr. (11 Jan 1762)
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