The Founders didn’t secede from an empire over taxes or tea. They fought a war against unlimited, centralized power. The 10th Amendment was their answer. Power is not assumed. It must be granted. On this episode, learn about this forgotten foundation – from the revolution to ratification – and what it tells us about how to turn things around today.

Path to Liberty: July 30, 2025

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James Madison – Report of 1800 (7 Jan 1800)

Declaratory Act (18 Mar 1766)

Boldin – The 10th Amendment: The Foundation of the Constitution

Thomas Paine – The Crisis I (23 Dec 1776)

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

Articles of Confederation

James Madison – Federalist 45 (26 Jan 1788)

Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (16 June 1788)

Pauline Maier – Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

Rufus King – Letter to James Madison (23 Jan 1788)

Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Massachusetts (6 July 1788)

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

Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (15 Feb 1791)

Samuel Adams – Letter to Richard Henry Lee (24 Aug 1789)

John Taylor of Caroline – Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated (1820)

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

John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788)

John Jay – An Address to the People of the State of New-York on the Subject of the Constitution (12 Apr 1788)

James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (24 Dec 1787)

John Hancock – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (6 Feb 1788)

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