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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

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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)

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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

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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)

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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

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TJ Martinell – The Federal Farmer: The Constitution Would Lead to a Complete Consolidation

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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)

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Anthony Gregory – Gun Control and the War on Drugs

Episode – Lessons from Nullifornia: Part 1, Plants

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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

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Episode – Strike the Root

Episode – Strike the Root: Consolidation

Fox Report on Education funding

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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)

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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

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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)

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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

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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”

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