Anyone who has the audacity to bring up nullification in a debate with friends and foes alike has probably heard this before. “Nullification is lawlessness!” That is not what the founding generation thought. Not even close.

Many hold to a nostalgic view of the United States as a single nation once unified by a common culture. This was never true.

The history that led the founding fathers to the conclusion that it was necessary to separate from British rule is important to understand. It was only through independence that they could insure that liberty could be secured for all people. They wanted a people that ruled over their OWN government, not a people ruled BY government.

Despite what Governor of California Jerry Brown wants in relation to his state concerning the Paris Accord, states are not allowed to make foreign treaties. That power was delegated to the federal government under the Constitution.

The principle of Separation of Church and State. America has been taught an errant understanding of this principle for so long, that although the Missouri Supreme Court got it right in this case — the church that brought suit got it all wrong.

What if tax returns contained a check-off box where taxpayers could decide to send their taxes to state and local levels instead of Washington, DC.?

According to Gallup, the reason why Americans dislike the federal government isn’t that it’s ‘too big’ or ‘spends too much money’ or any of the other excuses but is instead that, Americans think that Congress is corrupt and not focused on the interests of the people.

Ideas play a profound role in shaping society. How those ideas are transmitted has changed dramatically over time but, there is one phenomenon that may be particularly useful in the battle of ideas: online memes.

In just the last week, three states have moved measures forward that chip away at the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money by facilitating and encouraging the use of gold and silver.

Thomas Jefferson’s question is particularly poignant as the U.S. government continues to run up the national debt. It currently stands at nearly $20 trillion and growing. In all likelihood, our great, great, great grandchildren will still be burdened by this debt.

Why does the US need a huge national police force at all? Can’t state police forces do just as well? The FBI continues to assert never-proven claims that bigger governments are better at law enforcement than smaller ones. If the FBI were abolished, and the sum were divided up into 50 even portions for the states, each state would receive $174 million dollars.

There has been a tremendous amount of talk about the spending deal that was just reached in Congress. Most of the focus has been on who “won” and who “lost” politically. But what nobody is really talking about is that this deal actually increases spending at a time when our debt has been absolutely exploding. These days we toss around the phrase “a trillion dollars” as if it isn’t a big deal. But it is a big deal…

While “violence, extortion and slave labor” have been a reality for people trafficked through Libya in the past, the slave trade has recently expanded. Today, people are selling other human beings out in the open.

If you’re in favor, Texas lawmakers will meet with you and put your legislation on the fast track. Others have to wait, sometimes for weeks, for a chance to talk for a few minutes in a committee hearing room in the middle of the night.

Yes, to help cacao farmers, we should indeed buy more chocolate. But we should also recognize that those workers are locked out of a variety of related higher-wage industries by protectionist governments in the wealthy West.

There is no way to square coercive “social justice” with “liberty and justice for all.”

For a long time it seemed as if the idea of secession was unlikely to take hold in modern America. And yet all it took was the election of Donald Trump for the alleged toxicity of secession to vanish entirely. The left’s principled opposition to secession and devotion to the holy Union went promptly out the window on November 8, 2016. Today, about one in three Californians polled favors the Golden State’s secession from the Union.

February 5 marks the birth of the American who had the greatest hand in what became the 4th Amendment’s prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures – James Otis. Unfortunately, “one of the most passionate and effective protectors of American rights” is too-little remembered today.

Ever since Donald Trump issued his executive order that affects Muslim Immigrants from certain countries, there has been an uproar in the media. Many are asking where in the Constitution does the executive branch have the authority to make policy over immigration? But, the president’s “authority over immigration” is not as simple as saying article, section, clause. It’s a little bit more complicated than that. Constitutional Attorney and Speaker KrisAnne Hall explains the application of the constitution and the determination of what power, if any, the executive branch has over immigration.

“At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare,” says Lord Acton, “and its triumphs have been due to minorities.” It is not easy in a hugely partisan political environment, but by maintaining your objectivity and principles in these times, you will be in the minority. But you will be a friend of freedom, and you could make all the difference.