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State’s Rights

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Is it Time for America to Break Apart?

By Boyd Cathey

There is a question that increasingly arises, uncomfortably, in our conversations…from brief exchanges at work at the water cooler, at home with family, after church on Sunday, with our email messages to friends and associates.… »

  • Boyd Cathey
  • Federalism
  • Nationalism
  • Nullification
  • Secession
  • State's Rights

The Crisis of the Electoral College

By Walt Garlington

A decisive moment is coming for the peoples of the States, especially for those who consider themselves conservatives yet belong to the cult of Lincoln:  Will the Electoral College system for selecting the federal president… »

  • Electoral College
  • Federalism
  • State's Rights
  • United States Constitution
  • Walt Garlington

The Latest 18th Century Fake News

By Brion McClanahan

The “fake news” pejorative has become commonplace in modern public discourse, so much so that social media outlets have taken it upon themselves to “police” so-called “fake news” stories and warn people about their dangers.… »

  • American War for Independence
  • Brion McClanahan
  • Declaration of Independence
  • Nationalism
  • State's Rights

A Question of Sovereignty

By Ryan Walters

Although the nation recently recognized the 150th anniversary of the end of the War of Northern Aggression, we are still plagued with questions about the legality of secession, issues and inquiries that unfortunately may never… »

  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Alexander Hamilton
  • Nationalism
  • Ryan Walters
  • Secession
  • State's Rights
  • United States Constitution
  • War for Southern Independence

A State of Mind

By John Marquardt

On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia offered a resolution to the Second Continental Congress, then meeting in Philadelphia, which began with the epic demand, “ That these United Colonies are, and of… »

  • American War for Independence
  • Donald Trump
  • Federalism
  • John Marquardt
  • Secession
  • Southern History
  • State's Rights

Why the Electoral College?

By Ryan Walters

For the second time in the last 16 years it seems that we have a new President who did not win the national popular vote, although there are those who contend that once all the… »

  • Ryan Walters
  • State's Rights
  • United States Constitution

The Compact Fact

By Brion McClanahan

Mainstream historians are both an incestuous and snarky bunch. They latch on to trends–fads really–and pull those trends like mules lugging a heavy cart to market (where they hope to sell books to their tens… »

  • Aaron Coleman
  • Brion McClanahan
  • State's Rights
  • United States Constitution

The Confederacy’s Rule of Law

By Marshall DeRosa

As Southern States seceded from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, the matter of transitioning the US Judiciary into the CSA Judiciary required both skill and determination. Issues of jurisdiction, personnel,… »

  • Choctaw Nation
  • Confederate Constitution
  • Marshall DeRosa
  • State's Rights

The Sovereign States

By James J. Kilpatrick

This essay is the introduction to Mr. Kilpatrick’s The Sovereign States (Regnery, 1957). AMONG the more melancholy aspects of the genteel world we live in is a slow decline in the enjoyment that men once… »

  • Federalism
  • James J. Kilpatrick
  • State's Rights
  • United States Constitution

Jefferson Was Right

By Dave Benner

I am writing in response to the recently posted piece at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, entitled “History proves Thomas Jefferson was wrong (whew).” The author of this article drastically overstates Madison’s role in the finalized… »

  • Alexander Hamilton
  • Dave Benner
  • James Madison
  • State's Rights
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • United States Constitution

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  • 2020 Scholars Conference: Who Owns America?
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