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Path to Liberty
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Michael Boldin covers the original constitution, principles of the revolution, and strategy – all with an eye on advancing liberty.
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Path to LibertyImmigration: James Madison’s View
The “Father of the Constitution” had a view on delegated and reserved powers over immigration that’s far different than almost everyone today. The post…
Path to LibertyFederal Courts: Warnings from Mason and Jefferson
One of George Mason’s leading objections to ratification was the structure of the federal judiciary. Thomas Jefferson signaled that he liked it at first, but…
Path to LibertyPush Back: Nullification Movement News
The feds aren’t going to limit their own power, so it’s up to the people and the states to get the job done. The latest update from the nullification movement…
Path to LibertyThe Founders Were Not Anarchists. But…
Yes, it’s true. The founders and old revolutionaries were by no means anarchists. But most people today don’t realize how radical some of their views were -…
Path to LibertyBenjamin Franklin’s Finest: Top Quotes on his Birthday
Born on January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was world famous for his many contributions and accomplishments in various fields. He is widely remembered for his…
Path to LibertyThe Big Lie: Jefferson and War with the Barbary States
Both left and right have been more than happy to perpetuate a huge lie in order to justify unilateral executive war powers never delegated to the president in…
Path to LibertyStop Doing This: Party-First Approach
There is “nothing more dangerous to the cause of truth and liberty than a party-spirit.” Yet, today, most people approach most issues through a party-first…
Path to LibertyMilitia vs Standing Army: The Founders’ View
To a vast majority of the founding generation, standing armies were extremely dangerous, “the bane of liberty.” The best way to prevent them? Render them…
Path to LibertyNullify the Fed: Big Steps in 2024?
The federal reserve is not going to end itself. And Congress will never cut off its money printer. It’s going to take big steps by the states - and human…
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You’ve Been Lied To
We’ve been told a lot of lies, but few have caused more damage to liberty than the one about how we’re supposed to respond to unconstitutional federal acts -…
Path to LibertyWe Have it in our Power to Begin the World Over Again
The founders and old revolutionaries left us a ton of advice and strategy on how to keep government in check. It won’t be quick or easy, but as Thomas Paine…
Path to LibertyBill of Rights: Unnecessary and Dangerous?
During the ratification debates, Federalists repeatedly warned that adding a bill of rights would be unnecessary - and even dangerous. Learn what they had to…
Path to LibertyTis the Season. For Nullification.
Nullification Season 2024 starts now. Following the advice and strategy of the Founders, the people and the states can take action to reject, resist and…
Path to LibertyBlueprint: Rhetoric, Resistance and the Revolution
When Founders like Madison, Jefferson, Sherman, Iredell and others told us to use non-compliance and other forms of resistance to keep government in check -…
Path to LibertyDon’t Try, They’ll Crush You!
A lot of people - even friends of liberty - want you to believe that the federal government has always been so powerful that acts of resistance by the people…
Path to LibertyThat Which is Not Law Ought Not to Be Obeyed
A patriot and a hero to the American Revolutionaries, Algernon Sidney was seen as a martyr for liberty for writing, but not even publishing, words based on…
Path to LibertyJames Madison vs Federal Gun Control
Zero. That’s the number of federal gun control measures authorized by the Constitution. But they’re not going to end themselves. As the “Father of the…
Path to LibertyDear Feds: GFY
The largest government in history is incredibly abusive - of your rights, of your money, of the constitution - of pretty much everything. The people need a…
Path to LibertyThe 10th Amendment They Want You To Ignore
Politicians love that the people know little to nothing about “the foundation of the Constitution” - and how to keep the government in check, whether the…
Path to LibertyResist Much. Obey Little.
Creating a real “land of the free” requires a people who not only love liberty - but have the backbone to resist and defy governments that violate their…
Path to LibertyNullify This! Top-4 for 2024
With “nullification season” right around the corner, here’s an overview of the top-4 programs that absolutely have to go if we ever want to get to a real “land…
Path to LibertyBreaking Free from the Monster State
In order to go from the largest government in history to a real “land of the free” - these 5 foundational principles from the founders and old revolutionaries…
Path to LibertyJohn Dickinson: A “Great Worthy of the Revolution”
A name almost totally forgotten today, John Dickinson was famous - known as “The Penman of the American Revolution.” A true Lockean in support of liberty, life…
Path to LibertyJefferson: Top-5 Principles from the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
Nov 10, 1798 - Thomas Jefferson’s Kentucky Resolutions were passed by the General Assembly. Learn 5 core Jeffersonian principles about the nature of the…
Path to LibertyJefferson’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. The…
Path to Liberty3 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…
Path to LibertyAlexander 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…
Path to LibertyThis 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…
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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…
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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 LibertyWe 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…
Path to LibertyWe’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 -…
Path to LibertyNullify 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…
Path to LibertyNullification 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…
Path to LibertyJefferson Nullified? The Embargo of 1807-09
Just 9 years after Thomas Jefferson called for nullification of the Alien and Sedition Acts - states and individuals took the same kind of strategy against his…
Path to LibertyForeign Policy of the Founders
Few areas from the Founders - if any - have been more widely rejected and misunderstood than their views and advice on foreign policy. Grasping their approach…
Path to LibertyProperty Rights are the Foundation of all the Rest
For many of the founders, property rights were the foundation of all the others. James Madison took things even further, arguing that people not only have a…
Path to Liberty1913 Was a Terrible Year for the Constitution and Liberty
One of the worst years ever, 1913 gave us the tools that support the largest government in history. The post 1913 Was a Terrible Year for the Constitution and…
Path to LibertyThe Imperial Senate: Anti-Federalist Warnings
A *permanent* or *baneful* aristocracy - despite federalist assurances to the contrary - with senators mostly serving for life - that's what many…
Path to LibertyNailed it: Four Big Predictions from the Founders
They certainly didn’t get everything right, but when they did, they almost seemed prophetic. Consolidation, executive power, factions and the ultimate end of…
Path to LibertyHow they Dealt with Collaborators
In the years leading up to the War for Independence, the revolutionaries took an increasingly hostile stance against people who collaborated with or helped the…
Path to LibertyTop Myths about Nullification
We hear them over, and over, and over again - the same, tired, worn out myths or downright lies about nullification. The post Top Myths about Nullification…
Path to LibertyPatrick Henry: Top Anti-Federalist Warnings
In a series of speeches during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry laid out much of the anti-federalist case against ratification without…
Path to LibertyNullify the Fed
The federal reserve isn’t going to end itself. And congress isn’t going to cut off the engine that drives the biggest, most powerful government in the history…
Path to LibertyFugitive Slave Act of 1850: One of the Worst Ever
Sept 18, 1850 - Pres. Millard Fillmore signed the 2nd Federal Fugitive Slave Act into law. An attempt to implement the Fugitive Slave Clause of the…
Path to LibertySpooner’s Other Statements on the Constitution
Despite writing on the Constitution for decades - few people today seem to even know the name Lysander Spooner. And most who do, rarely know more than one…
Path to LibertyWhy the Founders Warned Against Standing Armies
All the founders agreed that standing armies were a great threat to liberty. The only debate was really the best way to prevent those dangers. But they didn’t…
Path to LibertyTop-5 to “Never Forget”
Forgotten long ago: Essential principles underlying the Constitution and liberty - right from the Founders. It’s time to turn that around. The post Top-5 to…
Path to LibertyIt was Gun Control: The Powder Alarm and the Road to Independence
Despite the fact that it proved to be mostly a false alarm, the “Powder Alarm” of 1774 showed the colonists that the British were serious - and willing to use…
Path to LibertyDangerous Myth: Courts are the “Last Bulwark Against Tyranny”
Many people hold the false and dangerous view that the federal court system is not only the final say on the meaning of the Constitution - but take it even…
Path to LibertyIgnorance is the “Footstool of Despotism”
Ignorance of liberty, of the constitution, of the powers delegated to the government - and so much more - are just what tyrants absolutely love. And we’re…
Path to LibertyLiberty and Freedom: A View from the Founders
To many people today, liberty is little more than choosing new people to rule over them every few years. And even in the founding generation, there was a wide…
Path to LibertyFear is the Foundation of Government Power
A culture of obedience and compliance guarantees that government will never stop growing - and defiance and nullification represent the “rightful remedy” to…
Path to LibertyNullify the Federal “Equitable Sharing” Asset Forfeiture Program
Even when states end civil asset forfeiture, a federal program called “equitable sharing” encourages them to participate in a federal version anyway. But the…
Path to LibertyArmies and Debts and Taxes. Oh My!
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…
Path to LibertyThomas Jefferson vs the Surveillance State
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…
Path to LibertyAntifederalist: Top Warnings from the Federal Farmer
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…
Path to LibertyTen Thousand Implied Powers: Patrick Henry’s Final Antifederalist Speech
In his last major speech during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry warned against the potential for “ten thousand implied powers,” and called for…
Path to LibertyDecentralization: The Cure for Polarization
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…
Path to LibertyThere’s Much More than Just the Federalist Papers
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…