The Constitution can’t enforce itself. It never could – and never will. That’s because mere words on paper – what many founders called “parchment barriers” – don’t actually stop government people from doing what they want.

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: August 2, 2024

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Roger Sherman – A Countryman II (22 Nov 1787)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (9 June 1788)

St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803)

John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788)

Lysander Spooner – An Essay on the Trial by Jury (1852)

John Adams – Letter to John Quincy Adams (20 Jan 1805)

James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (17 Oct 1788)

James Madison – Federalist 48 (1 Feb 1788)

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 73 (21 Mar 1788)

Joseph Jones – Letter to James Madison (2 Mar 1792)

Theophilus Parsons – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (23 Jan 1788)

Roger Sherman (8 Dec 1787)

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America is drowning in debt – and teetering on the brink. We’ve just hit a new, unthinkable milestone: a national debt of $35 trillion. This isn’t just a number; it’s a ticking time bomb. The Founding Fathers warned us about this “public curse,” a financial abyss that would swallow our freedoms if left unchecked. In this episode we’ll revisit their chilling warnings and explore how we’re ignoring their wisdom at our own peril.

Path to Liberty: July 31, 2024

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Treasury FiscalData: Debt to the Penny

Maharrey – Our “Public Curse” Just Eclipsed $35 Trillion

Maharrey – Putting the National Debt Into Perspective We Can All Understand

John Adams – Letter to Abigail Adams (5 May 1794)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to George Washington (23 May 1792)

John Taylor of Caroline – An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States (1814)

George Washington – Farewell Address (19 Sept 1796)

George Washington – Fifth Annual Message to Congress (3 Dec 1793)

James Monroe – First Inaugural Address (4 Mar 1817)

Alexander Hamilton – Letter to Rober Morris (30 Apr 1781)

Alexander Hamilton – Report Relative to a Provision for the Support of Public Credit (9 Jan 1790)

James Madison – The Union. Who are its Real Friends? (31 Mar 1792)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to George Washington (9 Sept 1792)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to John Taylor (28 May 1816)

John Adams – First Annual Message to Congress (22 Nov 1797)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Samuel Kercheval (12 July 1816)

James Madison – Letter to Henry Lee (13 Apr 1790)

Francis Corbin – Virginia Ratifying Convention (7 June 1788)

Brutus VIII (10 Jan 1788)

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Imagine a United States where a national government holds almost absolute power over the states, with the authority to veto any state law and even send in troops to enforce its will. This was the audacious vision of James Madison, the man we know as the “Father of the Constitution.” But the Constitution we have today is far different from the Virginia Plan he originally drew up.

Path to Liberty: July 29, 2024

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Kevin Gutzman – Constituting America Essay

Notes on Ancient and Modern Confederacies, [April–June?] 1786

Vices of the Political System of the U. States (April 1787)

Episode – Tax Battle! Henry vs Hamilton on the requisition system

National Archives – Vices

Episode – Was the Constitution Sold on a Lie? Shays’ Rebellion and Ratification

James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (19 Mar 1787)

Maharrey – James Madison on the Ignored “Fundamental Principle of the Revolution”

James Madison – Letter to Edmund Randolph (8 Apr 1787)

James Madison – Letter to George Washington (16 Apr 1787)

Episode – Myth Busted! Virginia, Not Congress, Called for the Philadelphia Convention

The Virginia Plan (29 May 1787)

Natelson – The Virginia Plan and the General Welfare Clause

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to James Madison (20 June 1787)

James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (6 Sept 1787)

James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (24 Oct 1787)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to James Madison (20 Dec 1787)

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“A monarchy, or a corrupt tyrannical aristocracy” is what George Mason predicted we’d get. On this episode, learn about his top anti-federalist objections to the Constitution during the ratification debates. This included necessary and proper, standing armies, congress, the president – and more.

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: July 26, 2024

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Madison’s Notes – Philadelphia Convention (31 Aug 1787)

Pauline Maier – The First Dissenters

George Mason – Letter to George Washington (7 Oct 1787)

George Mason – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (26 May 1788)

George Mason’s Objections to the Constitution (22 Nov 1787)

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During the debates over the ratification of the Constitution, Antifederalists repeatedly warned that the President would become like a king – and the worst kind of a king – an elected one.

Path to Liberty: July 24, 2024

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The Executive Branch–The Federalist/Antifederalist Debates

George Mason – Plan for the Virginia Constitution (8-10 June 1776)

SINGLE EXECUTIVE

Virginia Constitution (29 June 1776)

Pennsylvania Constitution (28 Sept 1776)

Madison’s Notes – Philadelphia Convention (4 June 1787)

George Mason’s Objections to the Constitution (22 Nov 1787)

BLENDED WITH OTHER BRANCHES

Montesquieu – The Spirit of the Laws (1748)

Mercy Otis Warren – Observations on the New Constitution (1788)

Dissent of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention (18 Dec 1787)

Centinel II (24 Oct 1787)

Impartial Examiner IV (11 June 1788)

LOADS OF POWER

Cato IV (8 Nov 1787)

Brutus I (18 Oct 1787)

An Old Whig V (1 Nov 1787)

MONARCH

Luther Martin – Genuine Information IX (29 Jan 1788)

Philadelphiensis IX (6 Feb 1788)

Philadelphiensis X (20 Feb 1788)

Tamony – Virginia Independent Chronicle (9 Jan 1788)

PATRICK HENRY

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (5 June 1788)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (12 June 1788)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (13 June 1788)

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The Founding Fathers were deeply worried about the dangers of paper money, because they lived them first hand. On this episode, learn 4 key ways the founders warned us about the dangers of paper money – dangers we’re still living through today!

Path to Liberty: July 22, 2024

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Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Edward Carrington (27 May 1788)

Thomas Paine – Dissertations on Government: The Affairs of the Bank, and Paper Money

Benjamin Rush – Letter to John Adams (23 June 1781)

Richard Henry Lee – Letter to George Mason (15 May 1787)

CAUSE OF PRICE INFLATION

Benjamin Franklin – Of the Paper Money of America (1780)

Samuel Adams – Letter to John Winthrop (6 Feb 1779)

Gouverneur Morris – Letter to George Washington (11 Jan 1796)

William Fleming – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (22 May 1779)

Thomas Jefferson – Additional Queries, with Jefferson’s Answers (Jan-Feb 1786)

EMPOWERS GOVERNMENT

Thomas Paine – Letter to George Washington

Charles Carroll – Letter to Benjamin Franklin (12 Aug 1777)

HIDDEN TAX

George Washington – Letter to Gouverneur Morris (26 Oct 1778)

FACILITATES EVERY SPECIES OF FRAUD AND INJUSTICE

Thomas Jefferson – Plan for Reducing the Circulating Medium (23 Nov 1819)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Albert Gallatin (26 Dec 1820)

George Washington – Letter to Jabez Bowen (9 Jan 1787)

John Adams – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (24 Feb 1819)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to John Adams (21 Mar 1819)

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Most people seem to believe that the constitutional convention of 1787 was called for by Congress under the Articles of Confederation. Even the Library of Congress makes this claim. But it’s totally false. It was actually the Commonwealth of Virginia that initiated the call for the Philadelphia convention – and she was followed by a number of other states before congress ever shared their opinion in early 1787. Learn the truth – receipts included.

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: July 19, 2024

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Library of Virginia

Library of Congress – May 1787 the Beginning of the Constitutional Convention

Alexander Hamilton – Annapolis Convention Resolution (14 Sept 1786)

Natelson – Who Called the Constitutional Convention? The Commonwealth of Virginia

Virginia Act For Appointing Deputies To The 1787 Philadelphia Convention (23 Nov 1786)

New Jersey – Resolution Authorizing and Empowering the Delegates (24 Nov 1786)

Wiki: Constitution of the United States

Confederation Congress – Resolution in Support of Convention (21 Feb 1787)

Edmund Randolph – Philadelphia Convention (29 May 1787)

Hugh H. Brackenridge – Pittsburgh Gazette (27 Oct 1787)

Declaration of Independence

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Almost totally ignored today, Tench Coxe was famous at the time of the Founding. And his essays of “A Pennsylvanian” in support of the Constitution were actually far more widely read and influential during the debates over ratification than today’s far more famous Federalist Papers. Learn about his essays where he came down in favor of the individual right to keep and bear arms, religious liberty – and a clear line in the sand between federal and state power.

Path to Liberty: July 17, 2024

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Maharrey – Beyond the Text: Understanding the Constitution’s Original Meaning

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to William Johnson (12 June 1823)

James Madison – Letter to Henry Lee (25 June 1824)

Natelson – More evidence the feds are exceeding their powers

Maharrey – How Tench Coxe Shaped the Ratification Debates: Essays of A Pennsylvanian

Natelson – More News on Powers Reserved Exclusively to the States

Cooke – Tench Coxe and the Early Republic

The Address and reasons of dissent of the minority of the convention, of the state of Pennsylvania, to their constituents

Natelson – More evidence the feds are exceeding their powers

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“A frightful despotism” – that’s what George Washington predicted we’d get with a combo of factions and usurpation of power. But he was far from alone in warning against what leads to political violence. Ignoring their warnings – and solution – only guarantees the worst has yet to begin.

Path to Liberty: July 15, 2024

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Benjamin Franklin – Philadelphia Convention (2 June 1787)

Mercy Otis Warren – History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution/Chapter XXXI

John Adams – Letter to Jonathan Jackson (2 Oct 1780)

Thomas Gordon – The Works of Sallust (1744)

Thomas Paine – Dissertation on the First Principles of Government

Thomas Paine – The Rights of Man, Part II (1792)

George Washington – Farewell Address (19 Sept 1796)

Cato III (25 Oct 1787)

Samuel Adams – Letter to Elbridge Gerry (22 Aug 1789)

James Madison – Virginia Ratifying Convention (6 June 1788)

Noah Webster – The Revolution in France (1794)

Episode: Constitution Enforcement Mechanism

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One of the most important foundational documents in American history, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is one that most people never learn about. Following principles outlined by Thomas Jefferson in 1784, it included a precursor to the bill of rights four years before one was added to the Constitution, it banned slavery in the territories decades before the same language was copied into the 13th Amendment, and led to the creation of the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: July 12, 2024

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Ronald Reagan – Proclamation 5676 — Northwest Ordinance Bicentennial Day, 1987

Maharrey – Northwest Ordinance: Landmark 1787 Law Set the Foundation

MAP – Northwest Ordinance

Report of the Committee (1 Mar 1784)

Jefferson’s Observations on DéMeunier’s Manuscript (22 June 1786)

Northwest Ordinance – Full Text

13th Amendment

Center for the Study of the American Constitution

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