Blog “What right have we to be generous with the money of our constituencies to help a foreign people?” Delivered by Oscar Underwood of Alabama in the House of Representatives May, 1902. Mr. UNDERWOOD.…Oscar UnderwoodMay 5, 2022
Blog The Unconstitutional “National Guard” Speech delivered by Senator A.O. Bacon of Georgia, December, 1902. Mr. President: Of course, I…A.O. BaconMay 4, 2022
Blog Why Were the Articles of Confederation Dissolved? I'm going to talk about the way the Articles of Confederation functioned, how people acted…Carey RobertsApril 29, 2022
Blog The Constitutionality of Secession To begin with, it is hornbook law* that the signatories to any contract or compact,…Valerie ProtopapasApril 7, 2022
Blog The Gathering Mystique of Union ‘Union’ neither denotes nor explicates a form of government. It is a word estranged in…Vito MussomeliApril 4, 2022
Blog Democracy and Universal Suffrage Edmund Ruffin, from his Diary: hen the mob bears the sway in elections, it knows…Abbeville InstituteJanuary 13, 2022
Blog Secession Isn’t Treason A few more words, and we shall be in a condition to answer the question…Raphael SemmesDecember 1, 2021
Blog An Able Address Against Conscription Editor's Note: This speech was delivered in 1917 and was published in the September issue…H.W. JohnstonNovember 19, 2021
Blog A New Civil War? By 1860 our country was so hopelessly divided that it broke up, and only by…M.C. AtkinsNovember 17, 2021
Blog Disunion Then and Now The delegates who gathered in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation, presumptuously shelving that…J.L. BennettOctober 22, 2021
Review Posts Spencer Roane: The Forgotten Founder A review of Irreconcilable Founders: Spencer Roane, John Marshall, and the Nature of America's Constitutional…Aaron N. ColemanSeptember 30, 2021
Blog The National Archives Labels the Constitution “Racist” I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised. After all it was completely logical, the inevitable…Boyd CatheySeptember 29, 2021
Blog So, it was a Civil War after all… “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of…Valerie ProtopapasAugust 19, 2021
Review Posts Chaining Down Leviathan A review of Chaining Down Leviathan: The American Dream of Self-Government 1776-1865 (Abbeville Institute Press,…Dave BennerAugust 10, 2021
Blog The End of America? I have a good friend who continually asks me what I think are the prospects…Boyd CatheyAugust 2, 2021
Blog A Cascadian Confederacy? Nearly two weeks ago, five counties in Oregon voted to approve a measure to secede…Cole BranhamJune 4, 2021
Blog Is Secession Treason? And they, sweet soul, that most impute a crimeAre pronest to it, and impute themselves…Tennyson,…H.V. Traywick, Jr.June 3, 2021
Blog Judicial Review? No. Nullification “Acts of congress, to be binding, must be made pursuant to the constitution; otherwise they…Earl StarbuckFebruary 22, 2021
Blog A Fig for the Constitution “A fig for the Constitution” if it does not protect our most basic rights was…James Ronald KennedyFebruary 11, 2021
Blog Pretenses You might call it propaganda, state lies, fraud, illusions or delusions. I prefer pretenses which…Robert PetersJanuary 14, 2021
Blog Secession: The Point of the Spear Secession: The point of the spear aimed at the heart of the American Leviathan –…Terry HulseyNovember 20, 2020
Blog Is Separation the Answer? As of Friday, November 6, the votes are still being counted in at least six…Boyd CatheyNovember 9, 2020
Blog A Neo-Confederate Prediction of Post-Election America The political chaos that has accompanied President Trump’s first term will not abate anytime soon.…Marshall DeRosaOctober 27, 2020
Blog When Yankees Pack the Court The 2020 presidential election took a decided turn as it moved into the final six…Ryan WaltersOctober 9, 2020
Blog Lawyers and the Lawless Law of the Land The Supreme Court once again is the headline of the news. Judge Ginsburg died leaving…Paul H. YarbroughOctober 8, 2020
Blog Was Secession Treason? Recently an acquaintance of mine remarked that the Confederate statue in her hometown should be…Earl StarbuckSeptember 18, 2020
Blog They Were Not Traitors A typical calumny directed at Confederate soldiers is that they don’t merit commemoration because they…Philip LeighSeptember 16, 2020
Review Posts The Seventeenth Amendment and the Siren Song of Democracy A Review of The Road to Mass Democracy: Original Intent and the Seventeenth Amendment (Routledge,…Neil KumarJuly 8, 2020
Blog The Electoral College is not a Liberal Arts College It is an established principle of the current political class, made up of mostly of…Paul H. YarbroughMay 30, 2020
Blog Expertitis Watching events unfold as the non-pandemic/pandemic worked its way across the fruited plain has been…Walter D. (Donnie) KennedyMay 27, 2020
Blog The Janitor in Chief as Lord of the Cosmos Once upon a time, somewhere near here, there were thirteen sturdy proprietors. They lived within…Joseph R. StrombergMay 22, 2020
Blog Blackstone’s Influence on American Political Philosophy The question before us, ‘how did the writings of Blackstone influence American political philosophy, and…Barry ClarkMay 13, 2020
Blog Why No Confederate Supreme Court? The Confederacy never organized a Supreme Court because her founders generally interpreted the U. S. Constitution strictly.…Philip LeighMay 6, 2020
Blog Calhoun and Constitutionalism Union and liberty are not two terms most people associate with John C. Calhoun, a…John GroveApril 20, 2020
Blog Federalists Still Attack Calhoun John C. Calhoun was the last eloquent political philosopher to stand against the ideology and…Barry ClarkMarch 18, 2020
Blog Reconsidering William Henry Harrison Who was the greatest president in American history? Ask this question to a group of…Brion McClanahanFebruary 17, 2020
Blog Crisis of Conservative Making The Harvard Law Review has published a proposal for supposedly enhancing a better democracy than…Paul H. YarbroughJanuary 31, 2020
Blog Lincoln v. Trump Not that long ago, it seems, Congressional Democrats were calling the Constitution an outdated impediment…J.L. BennettJanuary 10, 2020
Blog The Ghosts of Impeachment Past If one bothered to turn back the pages of history it should become quite evident…John MarquardtJanuary 8, 2020
Blog The Land of Lawless Lawyers The impeachment hearings are good for humor if for nothing else. They bring out the…Paul H. YarbroughDecember 20, 2019
Blog Poison Under the Wings The beginning of the American political order goes much further back than the Philadelphia Convention…John DevannyNovember 20, 2019
Blog Taylor and Jefferson on Secession One of the most enduring myths of American history centers on the “compact theory” of…Brion McClanahanNovember 6, 2019
Blog St. George Tucker’s Jeffersonian Constitution One could argue that there are two basic visions for America: the Hamiltonian and the…Allen MendenhallOctober 11, 2019
Blog The South and “Red Flag” Laws These days, we see many politicians pushing relentlessly for gun control. In the wake of…Michael MartinOctober 3, 2019
Blog The Place of Nathaniel Macon in Southern History Many who are well acquainted with Southern history are almost entirely unfamiliar with the historical…William E. DoddJune 27, 2019
Blog The South Carolina Federalists Original material for Southern history has been so scarce at the centres where American historiographers…Ulrich B. PhillipsJune 26, 2019
Review Posts The First South A review of The First South (LSU Press, 1961) by John Richard Alden One of…Shane AndersonJune 11, 2019
Blog The Procrustean Constitution We have seen how Mississippi, with its campus free speech bill, totally ignored its own…Walt GarlingtonMay 15, 2019
Blog The South and the American Union Stretching from the Potomac River across the southeastern quarter of the United States in a…Richard M. WeaverApril 22, 2019
Blog Don’t Get Conned by the Neocons on the Constitution So, smart moms in two homeschool social-media groups of which I’m a member are super-excited…Dissident MamaApril 19, 2019
Blog The Crisis of the Electoral College A decisive moment is coming for the peoples of the States, especially for those who…Walt GarlingtonApril 10, 2019
Blog Mississippi’s Free Speech Confusion Some lawmakers in Mississippi, obviously alarmed at the violent demonstrations and restrictive measures at college…Walt GarlingtonMarch 20, 2019
Blog The Defining Differences Between the United States and Confederate Constitutions 'Their revolution (the South in 1861) ... was in fact an act of restoration, for…Vito MussomeliMarch 15, 2019
Blog Marshall-Wythe School of Law: Preserving What is True and Valuable During the weekend of 15 to 16 February, I had the great honor to represent…Robert McReynoldsMarch 6, 2019
Blog Modern Monetary Theory: A Jeffersonian Critique The chattering class’ newest obsession, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, has seized the policy initiative from the Democratic…John DevannyMarch 4, 2019
Blog The Idea of Equality in America Given what is occurring in our society and culture, the ever increasing frenzy and hysteria…Boyd CatheyFebruary 13, 2019
Blog Hamilton on Steroids “The revenue of the state is the state.” Edmund Burke, Reflections on the French Revolution…John DevannyFebruary 7, 2019
Blog A Cautionary Tale on Monument Protection Laws When Jefferson County Circuit Judge Michael Graffeo issued a ruling on the Alabama Memorial Preservation…Brion McClanahanJanuary 24, 2019
Blog Franklin Pierce, Political Protest, & the Dilemmas of Democracy On the stump in New Boston, New Hampshire in early January 1852, Franklin Pierce gave…Michael J. ConnollyJanuary 17, 2019
Blog Steady Hand at the Wheel Thomas Johnson was born in Calvert County, Maryland, on his father's lands near the mouth…M.E. BradfordDecember 7, 2018
Blog The Problem with Lawyers and the Constitution On November 10, 2018, the Abbeville Institute hosted an event called The Revival of Nullification…Suzanne ShermanDecember 5, 2018
Review Posts The Man Who Made the Supreme Court A review of John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court (Basic Books, 2018)…Brion McClanahanDecember 4, 2018
Blog Accuse-Convict-Remove In the past few weeks two major interrelated events took place in these once United…Walter D. (Donnie) KennedyOctober 18, 2018
Blog What if We Listened to the Southern Founders? Mel Bradford's outstanding tome A Better Guide Than Reason lifted that phrase from a speech…Brion McClanahanOctober 10, 2018
Blog Calhoun, Not Webster, Was Right Writing about the “Great Triumvirate” of Webster, Clay, and Calhoun during the third Nullification controversy…W. Kirk WoodSeptember 26, 2018
Review Posts The Legacy of Anti-Federalism A review of The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828 by Saul…James McClellanSeptember 18, 2018
Blog Fractured Federalism Proposals to turn national programs over to the states are abound in Washington. The failure…William J. WatkinsSeptember 17, 2018
Blog When the Yankees Shut Down the First Amendment Constitutional Violation: Amendment One: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or…John M. TaylorSeptember 12, 2018
Blog Was the Louisiana Purchase Constitutional? When the evolution of presidential power in early American history is discussed, it is sometimes…Dave BennerSeptember 10, 2018
Blog Upholding Voter ID in the South The punitive “preclearance” regime under the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”) of 1965, imposed on seven…Michael ArnheimSeptember 5, 2018
Review Posts The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson A review of The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson by David N. Mayer (University of…Kevin R.C. GutzmanSeptember 4, 2018
Blog Richard Henry Lee Richard Henry Lee was a patriot, Anti-Federalist, and statesman from his “country,” Virginia. He led…Brion McClanahanJuly 2, 2018
Blog Why the South Needs the Electoral College The Electoral College, a bulwark of federalism, is under attack. Straightforward abolition of the Electoral…Michael ArnheimJune 28, 2018
Blog First Amendment Establishment The Phoenix, Arizona city council has been forced by self-declared “Satanists” to cease opening its…Joe WolvertonJune 8, 2018
Review Posts Killing the Incorporation Doctrine A review of The 14th Amendment and the Incorporation Doctrine by David Benner (Minneapolis: Life…Ryan WaltersMay 22, 2018
Review Posts Founding Intentions A review of Original Intentions: On the Making and Ratification of the United States Constitution…W. Kirk WoodMarch 6, 2018
Blog Spencer Roane “It has been our happiness to believe, that in the partition of powers between the…Joe WolvertonFebruary 26, 2018
Blog Sectionalism Returns Recently Michael S. Greve of George Mason University Law School wrote an insightful article which…John DevannyJanuary 29, 2018
Blog The Lies and Hypocrisy of the Civil War More than 150 years after the Civil War, the nation is engulfed in controversy over…Jacob G. HornbergerJanuary 24, 2018
Review Posts Government by Judiciary A review of Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment by Raoul Berger…Zachary GarrisJanuary 9, 2018
Review Posts Foundering Inventions A review of Original Intent and the Framers of the Constitution by Harry Jafffa, (Regnery,…William J. WatkinsDecember 19, 2017
Blog George Mason and Original Intent Every fact bearing upon the character and service of the statesmen whose genius created a…Fitzhugh LeeDecember 11, 2017
Review Posts Shredding the Constitution to Save the Union A review of Liberty & Union: The Civil War Era and American Constitutionalism by Timothy…Kevin R.C. GutzmanOctober 24, 2017
Blog Comparing Constitutions Southern leaders had few complaints with the old Constitution under which they had lived. The…James David AltmanSeptember 18, 2017
Blog 10 Objections to Nullification–Refuted Nullification, also known as State interposition, is controversial because it challenges the Supreme Court’s monopoly…Zachary GarrisAugust 31, 2017
Review Posts Reconsidering Luther Martin A review of Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet, The Life of Luther Martin, by Bill Kauffman,…Vito MussomeliAugust 29, 2017
Blog Calhoun the Marxist? Neo-conservatives can’t seem to make up their mind about the Confederacy. They all agree that…Brion McClanahanAugust 10, 2017
Review Posts A Question of Sovereignty Although the nation recently recognized the 150th anniversary of the end of the War of…Ryan WaltersApril 4, 2017
Review Posts A Deep Devotion to the Constitution According to the modern historical establishment, John C. Calhoun is the ultimate American villain. These…Brion McClanahanMarch 14, 2017
Blog The Bonus Bill Veto and the Southern Tradition On March 3, 1817, President James Madison vetoed the Bonus Bill of 1817 – a…Dave BennerMarch 8, 2017
Review Posts The American President: From Cincinnatus to Caesar The great body of the nation has no real interest in party. — James Fenimore…Clyde WilsonFebruary 23, 2017
Blog The Compact Theory of the Constitution Kent Masterson Brown on "The Compact Theory of the Constitution" at the August 2016 Abbeville…Kent Masterson BrownDecember 23, 2016
Review Posts A Miscarriage of Justice "Passion governs, and she never governs wisely,” wrote Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Galloway in 1775.…Ryan WaltersDecember 5, 2016
Blog Save Federalism, Save the Electoral College Discussing immigration and sanctuary cities, Bill O'Reilly began speaking of the coming clash of two…Vito MussomeliDecember 1, 2016
Blog Why the Electoral College? For the second time in the last 16 years it seems that we have a…Ryan WaltersNovember 18, 2016
Blog Cherry Picking James Madison Legal “scholar” Akil Reed Amar made waves recently by arguing that a single comment from…Dave BennerNovember 15, 2016
Review Posts John C. Calhoun: Anti-Imperialist The mission of the Abbeville Institute, to redeem what is worthwhile in the Southern tradition,…Clyde WilsonSeptember 22, 2016
Review Posts James Jackson of Georgia: Unknown Patriot Founder Published in honor of James Jackson's birthday, September 21. Delivered in Savannah, in February, 1806,…Thomas U.P. CharltonSeptember 21, 2016
Review Posts Rethinking the War for the 21st Century (13th Annual Gettysburg Banquet of the J.E.B. Stuart Camp, SCV, Philadelphia) ****How Should 21st Century…Clyde WilsonSeptember 14, 2016
Blog Essential Reading: The Confederate Constitution of 1861 This review was first printed in Southern Partisan magazine in 1995. Marshall DeRosa: The Confederate…Robert Martin SchaeferSeptember 8, 2016
Review Posts Who Won the Webster-Hayne Debate of 1830? The dominant historical opinion of the famous debate between Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and Robert…H. A. Scott TraskAugust 30, 2016
Blog Jefferson’s True Wall of Separation The United States Constitution does not contain the words “separation of church and state,” nor…Dave BennerAugust 12, 2016
Blog The Compact Fact Mainstream historians are both an incestuous and snarky bunch. They latch on to trends--fads really--and…Brion McClanahanAugust 4, 2016
Blog Musings of a Southern Antifederalist on the Presidential Election The one consolation of the Antifederalist persuasion is telling everyone you meet “I told you…John DevannyJuly 8, 2016
Blog Nullification to Save the Constitution Editor's note: This article is excerpted from an 1833 4th of July Oration delivered by…Henry Laurens PinckneyJune 20, 2016
Blog The South Carolina Doctrine Sir, South Carolina has not gone one step further than Mr. Jefferson himself was disposed…Robert Y. HayneJune 7, 2016
Review Posts The Battle in Virginia Over the Constitution This essay is reprinted in honor of Patrick Henry's birthday, May 29, from Moses Coit…Moses Coit TylerMay 30, 2016
Blog The Sovereign States This essay is the introduction to Mr. Kilpatrick's The Sovereign States (Regnery, 1957). AMONG the…James J. KilpatrickApril 8, 2016
Review Posts Charles Carroll of Carrollton: The Southern Irish Catholic Planter A slightly different version of this essay is Chapter Eleven in Brion McClanahan, The Politically…Brion McClanahanMarch 17, 2016
Blog Rethinkin’ Lincoln The most frequent question I have received during promotion of my new book, 9 Presidents…Brion McClanahanFebruary 26, 2016
Blog Scalia, the Constitution, and the Court With the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, folks are writhing in fear…Carl JonesFebruary 25, 2016
Blog The Nationalist Myth Dave Benner, Compact of the Republic: The League of the States and the Constitution (Life…Brion McClanahanFebruary 19, 2016
Review Posts The Lincoln Legacy: A Long View This essay is a chapter in M.E. Bradford, Remembering Who We Are: Observations of a…M.E. BradfordFebruary 18, 2016
Review Posts Executive Usurpation Mr. President, during the special session of the Senate in March last, when seven States…James A. BayardFebruary 16, 2016
Blog James Iredell One of the greatest legal minds of the founding generation was also one of the…Dave BennerFebruary 12, 2016
Review Posts Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates President Thomas Jefferson’s first inaugural address articulated his philosophical manifesto: “Peace, commerce, and friendship with…Dave BennerJanuary 26, 2016
Blog Jefferson Was Right I am writing in response to the recently posted piece at the Minneapolis Star Tribune,…Dave BennerDecember 14, 2015
Review Posts The Dark Side of Abraham Lincoln By way of prologue, let me say that all of us like the Lincoln whose…Thomas LandessDecember 10, 2015
Blog Remembering Hugh Williamson One of the most unknown, yet substantial political leaders in the founding generation was a…Dave BennerDecember 4, 2015
Clyde Wilson Library Can the Republic Be Restored: Presidency The American President began as Cincinnatus, a patriot called to the temporary service of his…Clyde WilsonDecember 2, 2015
Blog A Long Farewell: The Southern Valedictories of 1860-1861 This essay was originally published in Southern Partisan Magazine, 1989. As we conclude bicentennial celebration…M.E. BradfordNovember 17, 2015
Review Posts Sovereignty The reader has perceived that the question concerning state powers, is condensed in the word…John Taylor of CarolineNovember 10, 2015
Review Posts Virginia First I. THE name First given to the territory occupied by the present United States was…Lyon G. TylerNovember 6, 2015
Blog From the Saddle John Rutledge of South Carolina is one of the most important men of the founding…Brion McClanahanSeptember 17, 2015
Blog Judah P. Benjamin: Able Statesman, Forgotten Patriot If you showed the average American pictures of famous figures from Confederate States of America,…Dave BennerSeptember 4, 2015
Review Posts John C. Calhoun and “State’s Rights” The following is an abridged version of a chapter which will appear in the…James Rutledge RoeschAugust 25, 2015
Blog Secession For The North! Two weeks ago, authorities combing through disgraced former IRS executive Lois Lerner's e-mails released a…Brion McClanahanAugust 24, 2015
Blog “A Sickness in the Public Mind”: The Battle Flag and the Attack on Western Culture Back in mid-June, after the Charleston shootings, the frenzied hue and cry went up and…Boyd CatheyAugust 4, 2015
Review Posts The Danger to Governments, Founded on Written Constitutions, of Being Gradually Revolutionized by the Construction Placed on the Provisions of the Constitution by Those Who Administer the Governments This may be done by enlarging and extending the powers conferred by a liberal construction,…Oran Milo RobertsJuly 14, 2015
Review Posts Abel P. Upshur This essay is published in honor of Abel P. Upshur's birthday, June 17, 1790. Today,…James Rutledge RoeschJune 17, 2015
Clyde Wilson Library Goodbye to Gold and Glory “The Father of Waters now flows unvexed to the sea,” Lincoln famously announced in July…Clyde WilsonJune 16, 2015
Review Posts Judge Story’s Position On The So-Called General Welfare Clause This speech was delivered before the annual meeting of the Georgia Bar Association at Tybee…Henry St. George Tucker IIIJune 12, 2015
Review Posts The Old and the New South Delivered as the commencement address for South Carolina College, 1887. What theme is most fitting…John Randolph TuckerJune 11, 2015
Review Posts A Discourse on the Genius of the Federative System of the United States This speech was given to the Young Men's Society of Lynchburg, August 26, 1838. I…Nathaniel Beverley TuckerJune 10, 2015
Review Posts Lectures on the Constitution of the United States Lecture I Having presented to you, young gentlemen, in some former lectures, my views of…Henry St. George TuckerJune 9, 2015
Clyde Wilson Library St. George Tucker St. George Tucker's "View of the Constitution of the United States" was the first…Clyde WilsonJune 8, 2015
Blog The Tuckers of Virginia If any American today were to listen to the nationalists in charge of either the…Brion McClanahanJune 8, 2015
Clyde Wilson Library A Southern Tradition: Restraining Bad Government In talking about the Southern political tradition, it is most appropriate to point to the…Clyde WilsonApril 1, 2015
Review Posts True American Whiggery: John Tyler and Abel P. Upshur This piece is taken from Brion McClanahan and Clyde Wilson Forgotten Conservatives in American History.…Brion McClanahanMarch 31, 2015
Blog “His Accidency:” The Indispensable John Tyler In honor of John Tyler's birthday (March 29), I thought it proper to include a…Dave BennerMarch 30, 2015
Blog Lest We Forget Southern History This year, 2015, marks the sesquicentennial of the end of a four-year war between American…R.E. Smith, Jr.March 27, 2015
Review Posts A Sympathy for Disunion A Sympathy for Disunion "This, Mr. President, is not a government founded upon compact; it…Vito MussomeliFebruary 24, 2015
Blog Luther Martin Revisited As a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and as an eminent lawyer and statesman, Martin…H. Lee Cheek, Jr.February 20, 2015
Review Posts The Cause of Jackson and Lee Delivered at the Blount County Courthouse, January 19, 2015. Robert E. Lee said “Everyone…Carl JonesJanuary 21, 2015
Blog Faithless Government Robert Barnwell Rhett, born on December 21, 1800, is remembered as one of the foremost…Brion McClanahanDecember 22, 2014
Blog The Political Wisdom of John Taylor of Caroline In honor of John Taylor's birthday, December 19. From Tyranny Unmasked: “The rival remedy for our…W. Kirk WoodDecember 19, 2014
Review Posts John Taylor and Construction States’ rights may have been the defining force in Antebellum America, but modern, mainstream historians…James Rutledge RoeschDecember 19, 2014
Blog Nathaniel Macon and the Origin of States’ Rights Conservatism This essay was first published at Unz Review on November 23, 2014. Back in 1975…Boyd CatheyDecember 17, 2014
Blog Infanticide and Hobby Lobby The US Supreme Court’s ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014) has uncovered…Marshall DeRosaDecember 15, 2014
Blog The Revival of (Southern) Conservatism M.E. Bradford said of Southern Conservatism that: “This conservatism is both historic and principled in…Carl JonesDecember 12, 2014
Review Posts Forgotten Founder George Mason This essay is excerpted from Brion McClanahan's The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers…Brion McClanahanDecember 11, 2014
Blog Republicanism and Liberty: The “Patrick Henry”/”Onslow” Debate The fiercely contested, yet inconclusive election of 1824 set the stage for one of the…H. Lee Cheek, Jr.December 5, 2014
Blog The Underlying Realities of Obama’s Amnesty Focusing on the cultural, political and economic long-term consequences of President Obama’s amnesty executive action…Marshall DeRosaNovember 24, 2014
Blog Understanding Jefferson and Sovereignty The most fundamental elements of government are wealth and power. Their interplay is forever to…Vito MussomeliNovember 14, 2014
Review Posts John Taylor on Federal and Constitutional Questions Part II of a Five Part Series. Part I 1. Liberalism Taylor stood on liberal…Joseph R. StrombergOctober 14, 2014
Review Posts “The Sun, of the Southern States Would Set, Never to Rise Again.” It is a strange fact of modern American culture that when looking at famous people…Carl JonesOctober 6, 2014
Review Posts A National or Federal Government Part IV of a four part series. Part I, Part II, Part III. I come…Spencer RoaneSeptember 15, 2014
Review Posts On Implied Powers and the Bank of the United States Part III of a Four Part Series by the Legal Scholar Spencer Roane written in…Spencer RoaneSeptember 8, 2014
Review Posts On Granted Powers To the Editor of the Enquirer: According to the regular course of legal proceedings I…Spencer RoaneSeptember 1, 2014
Review Posts Rights of the States and of the People This is Part I of four letters that originally appeared in the Richmond Enquirer in…Spencer RoaneAugust 21, 2014
Media Posts The Original Constitution Brion McClanahan discusses the original Constitution at the Reclaiming America for Christ Conference in Moore,…Brion McClanahanAugust 8, 2014
Review Posts John C. Calhoun: Nullification, Secession, Constitution "The confederation has been formed by the free will of the states. If today one…Marco BassaniAugust 8, 2014
Blog The Real Constitution The real U.S. Constitution, which was scrapped long ago, does not permit judges to be…Clyde WilsonAugust 7, 2014
Review Posts State’s Rights Vol. 2: St. George Tucker’s Views on the Constitution To most historians, states’ rights are nothing more than a treasonous rationale for chattel slavery.…James Rutledge RoeschJuly 17, 2014
Clyde Wilson Library John Taylor’s Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States, Part 2 We now approach the heart of Taylor's Inquiry: recent times had created a new type…Clyde WilsonJune 26, 2014
Clyde Wilson Library John Taylor’s Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States, Part 1 John Taylor (1753–1824) of Caroline County, Virginia, is the most important, profound, prophetic and neglected…Clyde WilsonJune 19, 2014
Review Posts The Doctrine of State’s Rights This piece originally appeared in the North American Review, February 1890. To DO justice to…Jefferson DavisJune 6, 2014
Blog Farewell Delivered by Jefferson Davis on 21 January 1861 before leaving the United States Senate. I…Jefferson DavisJune 4, 2014
Blog Farewell Delivered by Jefferson Davis on 21 January 1861 before leaving the United States Senate. I…Jefferson DavisJune 4, 2014
Media Posts Abel P. Upshur’s Critique of Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the United States Constitution Dr. Donald Livingston at the 2004 Abbeville Institute Summer School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYgIHqQwK2UDonald LivingstonJune 3, 2014
Blog “Liberty Ought to be the Direct End of Your Government” One of the greatest American statesmen, Patrick Henry, was born on this day (May 29)…Brion McClanahanMay 29, 2014
Blog “Liberty Ought to be the Direct End of Your Government” One of the greatest American statesmen, Patrick Henry, was born on this day (May 29)…Brion McClanahanMay 29, 2014
Review Posts A Bostonian on the Causes of the War, Part III Part III from a section of Dr. Scott Trask's work in progress, Copperheads and Conservatives.…H. A. Scott TraskMay 13, 2014
Review Posts A Bostonian on the Causes of the War, Part II Part II from a section of Dr. Scott Trask's work in progress, Copperheads and Conservatives.…H. A. Scott TraskMay 6, 2014
Review Posts A Bostonian on the Causes of the War, Part I Part I from a section of Dr. Scott Trask's work in progress, Copperheads and Conservatives.…H. A. Scott TraskMay 3, 2014
Review Posts The Cliven Bundy Saga: How Congress Snatched The Power To Claim Lands You have to hand it to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). His soft-spoken demeanor…Mike ChurchApril 29, 2014
Blog Reconstruction…of a Football Team? In my article from last week entitled “1865 and Modern Relevance” I asserted that the…Carl JonesApril 28, 2014
Blog James Monroe and the Principles of ’76 James Monroe was born today (April 28) in 1757. He is one of the more…Brion McClanahanApril 28, 2014
Blog When Doing Nothing is the Right Thing to Do In the present judgment of history—or at least those who are counted worthy to opine…Valerie ProtopapasApril 22, 2014
Blog 1865 and Modern Relevance "I saw in State Rights the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign…Carl JonesApril 16, 2014
Blog Illegal, Unconstitutional, and Unjust The historian Andrew C. McLaughlin in 1932 wrote that the British imperial system was characterized…Brion McClanahanApril 15, 2014
Blog James Iredell: Neglected Southern Federalist Born in Lewes, England (October 5, 1751), Iredell spent his childhood in Bristol. The eldest…H. Lee Cheek, Jr.April 15, 2014
Review Posts State Sovereignty and Centralism in 19th-Century Argentina Introduction: Centers and Peripheries A look at the early history of the United Provinces of…Joseph R. StrombergApril 14, 2014
Blog Constitutional Deists According to Deist belief, God does not get involved in the affairs of mankind. He…Jonathan WhiteApril 8, 2014
Media Posts A Plea for the Real Union This lecture was delivered at the 1995 Ludvig von Mises seminar "Secession, State, and Economy"…Clyde WilsonApril 8, 2014
Media Posts State’s Rights vs. National Wrongs This lecture was delivered at the 2011 Ludvig von Mises Scholar's Conference in Auburn, AL.…Marshall DeRosaApril 8, 2014
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