If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the general welfare, the government is no longer a limited one possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one subject to particular exceptions.
–James Madison, Letter to Edmund Pendleton [January 21, 1792]
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
December 16, 2024 Soldiers Will Obey Trump's Unconstitutional Orders
Yesterday the Los Angeles Times published an op-ed entitled “What Will the Military Do If Trump Gives Unconstitutional Orders?” The article was written by a West Point graduate named ML Cavanaugh, who recently retired from the military. He is the co-founder of an organization named the War Institute at West Point....
Medicare: Expand, Reform, or Eliminate? by Laurence M. Vance
Although the nuances of the beliefs of Democrats, liberals, and progressives may be obscure, there is one thing that they all agree on: the ...
The Draft versus Freedom by Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss how conscription is antithetical to the principles of ...
The Classical Liberal Case for the Freedom to Move by Richard M. Ebeling
The idea of making a case for “open borders” arouses a great deal of disagreement and disapproval. Open borders, in the minds of some, ...
Political Riptides Threaten to Overwhelm the Nation
by John W. Whitehead
Once again we find ourselves approaching that time of year when, as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln proclaimed, we’re supposed...
The New Deal as the Great Reset, Part 2
by Robert E. Wright
The New Deal effectively killed off what was left of the ninth and tenth amendments, the ones that protect unenumerated individual...
