Class 9: Constitutional War Powers
The Founders never intended presidents to wage endless wars. Article I, Section 8 places war-making powers squarely in Congress, because they knew the executive is most prone to war. Madison thundered that the executive “is the branch most interested in war, and most prone to it.” This lecture exposes unconstitutional wars, dismantles the myth of “police actions,” and calls us back to noninterventionism and only fighting wars declared by Congress, originally representing the interests of the people and the states.
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Class 1: The Dangers of Democracy
The Founding Fathers warned that democracy creates turbulence, chaos, and ultimately tyranny. They rejected democracy, and instead established a Republic (rule by law). This class exposes the deadly lie that democracy equals liberty, shows how it leads to socialism and oligarchy, and arms you with the truth — recognizing that real freedom is only possible ...
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Class 2: What’s On the List?
The Constitution is not a blank check; it’s a binding contract. The federal government’s powers are enumerated, listed, and defined. If it’s not written, it’s forbidden. As this class highlights, Jefferson, Madison, and Tucker testified that the federal government has no authority to legislate outside the list. We must reclaim the forgotten tool of nullification, ...
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Class 3: Debunking Excuses for Unlimited Power, Part 1
Tyranny — or a “boundless field of power,” as Jefferson called it — grows the moment government steps beyond its boundaries. This class dismantles the lie that the Supremacy Clause or the General Welfare Clause grants the federal government carte blanche power. Instead, you’ll see how the Founders drew bright lines around federal power and ...
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Class 4: Debunking Excuses for Unlimited Power, Part 2
In this class, we finish tackling the most abused clauses in the Constitution: the Necessary and Proper Clause, Commerce Clause, and treaty powers. Politicians and judges wield them as a hammer to crush liberty, but the Founders insisted they were tightly confined tools, not blank checks. We expose the modern frauds and highlight Jefferson’s “rightful ...
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