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The founders warned us – over and over and over again – about the dangers to liberty from war. As James Madison put it, war gives us armies, which lead to debts and taxes. This trifecta makes up the “known instruments for putting the many under the domination of the few.” Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: August 18, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives James Madison – Political Observations (20 Apr 1795) James Madison – Helvidius No. 4 (14 Sept 1793) Episode – War Powers and the Constitution: An Introduction James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (11 Dec 1787) John Jay – Federalist No. 4 Thomas Paine – The Crisis V (21 Mar 1778) George Washington – Farewell Address (19 Sept 1796) Thomas Jefferson – First Inaugural (4 Mar 1801) John Jay to Gouverneur Morris (24 Sept 1783) Thomas Paine – Rights of Man, Part 1 (1791) Joseph Warren – Massacre Day Oration (1775) Samuel Adams to James Warren (1776) Thomas Jefferson to Destutt de Tracy (26 Dec 1820) Benjamin Franklin – Letter to Sir Joseph Banks (27 July 1783) 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Armies and Debts and Taxes. Oh My! appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

Applying Thomas Jefferson’s strategy for advancing liberty to the massive and ever-growing surveillance state we live under today. One state is following it well, and all other states should copy their strategy as much as possible. Path to Liberty: August 16, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Thomas Jefferson to Rev Charles Clay (27 Jan 1790) 2019 – Utah Law Bans Warrantless Access to Information in the Cloud 2021 – Utah Law Further Limits Warrantless Collection of Electronic Data 2022 – Utah Law Expands Limits on Drone Surveillance 2023 – Utah Law Restricts Geofence Location Tracking Thomas Jefferson to James Madison (17 Nov 1798) Acoustic Gunshot Detection Automate License Plate Readers Episode – ALPR: Stalking You by Your License Plate Facial Recognition Montana Limits Warrantless use of Facial Recognition Technology Surveillance Self-Defense Naomi Brockwell – Twitter 5 Online Privacy Tips From Edward Snowden Samuel Adams – Candidus in the Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771) 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Thomas Jefferson vs the Surveillance State appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

In his series of 18 letters, Federal Farmer repeatedly warned about the dangers of centralized power, predicting that the proposed government would end in “the destruction of freedom.” Path to Liberty: August 14, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives TJ Martinell – The Federal Farmer: The Constitution Would Lead to a Complete Consolidation Tara Ross Lee Family Archive Federal Farmer I (8 Oct 1787) Federal Farmer III (10 Oct 1787) Episode – Patrick Henry vs the Stamp Act Federal Farmer XVI (23 Jan 1788) TJ Martinell – Federal Farmer Makes His Case for the Tenth Amendment Jason Mandresh, FOTD Federal Farmer VII (31 Dec 1787) Tara Ross – Federal Farmer II Federal Farmer IV (12 Oct 1787) Tara Ross – Federal Farmer IV Federal Farmer XI (10 Jan 1788) Articles of Confederation Article 5 Jason Mandresh – FOTD – Comfortable Senators Federal Farmer XIII (14 Jan 1788) TJ Martinell – Federal Farmer: An “Unnecessary Departure” From Federalism Federal Farmer XVIII (25 Jan 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Antifederalist: Top Warnings from the Federal Farmer appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

In his last major speech during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry warned against the potential for “ten thousand implied powers,” and called for a number of amendments prior to ratification. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: August 11, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (24 June 1788) Concordia University Recap Episode – Implied vs Expressly Reserved: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speeches 5-7 TJ Martinell – Patrick Henry’s Warning on “Implied Authority” 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Ten Thousand Implied Powers: Patrick Henry’s Final Antifederalist Speech appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

Everywhere you turn, it seems like people are at each other’s throats. Everything has gotten political – and it’s only going to keep getting worse. Unless, of course, the people see the source of the problem – consolidation and factions and factions and consolidation – and take action to reject it. Path to Liberty: August 9, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Yuval Levin – Constituting Unity Hannah Cox – FEE Mercy Otis Warren – History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution (Ch. XXXI) Thomas Gordon – Works of Sallust (1744) Noah Webster – The Revolution in France (1794) Episode – Faction is Death to Liberty George Washington – Farewell Address (19 Sept 1796) George Mason – Virginia Ratifying Convention (4 June 1788) Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Gideon Granger (13 Aug 1800) Episode – Consolidation Leads to Force: Antifederalist Cato No. 3 Samuel Adams – Letter to Elbridge Gerry (22 Aug 1789) Mike Maharrey – The Most Essential Danger 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 Gab Watch on LinkedIn 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 Decentralization: The Cure for Polarization appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

If you want to understand the Constitution – its original, legal meaning – don’t rely exclusively, or even primarily on the Federalist Papers. You’ll want to read other federalists like James Wilson, Tench Coxe and John Dickinson, plus the leading Anti-federalists as well. Path to Liberty: August 7, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives James Wilson – Lectures on Law Maharrey – Learning the Constitution: An Introduction James Madison to Henry Lee (25 June 1824) Maharrey – Living and Breathing is the Same as Dead Thomas Jefferson to William Johnson (12 June 1823) Maharrey – The Nature of the Federal Government Natelson – There’s Much More than Just the Federalist Papers Aaron Coleman – The Original Meaning of the Federalist Papers Natelson – Did the Iroquois Confederation Influence the Constitution? Benner – James Wilson’s State House Yard Speech: A Primer Episode – History Ignored: James Wilson’s Speech on the Constitution Natelson – How our Constitution was Supposed to Work: New Evidence Comes to Light Tench Coxe – An American Citizen I-IV (1787) Tench Coxe – A Freeman, Essays I-III (1788) George Washington – Letter to John Vaughan (27 Apr 1788) Fabius Letters Reflection and Choice: The Federalists, the Anti-Federalists, and the Debate that Defined America 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 Gab Watch on LinkedIn 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 There’s Much More than Just the Federalist Papers appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

To support the constitution and liberty, these four big federal monstrosities absolutely need to go. But that doesn’t mean we should ever expect the people with power to voluntarily give up that power. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: August 4, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives How the National Bank Destroyed the Limits of Constitution Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank Book – The National Bank vs the Constitution Goldback.com James Madison – Political Observations (20 Apr 1795) PA Deacon – War: A Tool For Politicians to Centralize Power Episode – The Power to Declare War: An Introduction Episode – Defend the Guard: Support the Constitution, Resist the Empire Episode – 4 Essential Steps to Nullify Federal Gun Control Episode – The Constitution on the War on Drugs Anthony Gregory – Gun Control and the War on Drugs Episode – Lessons from Nullifornia: Part 1, Plants 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Top-4 That Need to Go appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

Most efforts to stop federal programs miss the mark in a big way. Instead of striking the root, they hack at branches, often setting the stage for more of the same in the future. Path to Liberty: August 2, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Episode – Strike the Root Episode – Strike the Root: Consolidation Fox Report on Education funding YAL Twitter Senate roll John Williams – New York Ratifying Convention (27 June 1788) John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania VI (1767) Report – Sheriff and ATF Moran Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Rev. Charles Clay (27 Jan 1790) Thomas Jefferson to James Madison (17 Nov 1798) Central Bank Digital Currency: Paper Money isn’t the Solution Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington (27 May 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: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post Swing and a Miss: ATF, CBDC, Dept of Education appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

If we truly want to build a real “land of the free,” it’s essential to understand the source of our problems. Using the wisdom and warnings of leading founders and old revolutionaries – we can point to consolidation, or centralization of power. Path to Liberty: July 31, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Episode – Strike the Root Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (7 June 1788) Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell (2 Feb 1816) William Davie – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (25 July 1788) Samuel Adams to Elbridge Gerry (22 Aug 1789) Episode – The Dangers of Consolidation: Antifederalist Brutus No. 1 Brutus No. 1 James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (17 Oct 1788) George Mason – July 4, 1788 Thomas Jefferson to Gideon Granger (13 Aug 1800) Virginia Ratifying Convention (9 June 1788) Maharrey – Resistance is Crucial to the Advancement of Liberty Maharrey – The Federal Government is Too Big: George Mason Warned Us TJ Martinell – Federal Farmer: A Confederated Republic or Consolidation Federal Farmer XVII Maharrey – The Power to Protect is the Power to Control Fisher Ames – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (19 Jan 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 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 Strike the Root: Consolidation appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

In a series of speeches during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry warned against a combination of the treaty, the judicial power and – the supremacy clause – that it would lead to government violating individual liberty with impunity. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: July 28, 2023 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Google | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives TJ Martinell – Patrick Henry Warns of “Dangerous and Destructive” Treaty Powers June 18, 1788 June 19, 1788 June 20, 1788 TJ Martinell – Patrick Henry: Jury Trials Are the “Last and Best Privilege” 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 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 Treaties, Trials and Supremacy: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speeches 8-10 appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.