Today's Politicos vs The Words and Deeds of The Founders

Every election poses anew the question that Hamilton asked in Federalist No. 1: "“whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force?”

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The recent brouhaha over the Delaware GOP Senate primary winner, the pundits’ reflections and Democrat wishful thinking about civil war in the Republican Party, reveal some interesting dark corners in surprising quarters.

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Federalist No. 1 is among the clearest of Hamilton's essays. There are no legal terms, no confusing references to events or anti-Federalist objections addressed. In this first Federalist, Hamilton sets the stage for subsequent essays.

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Federalist No. 82 is a continuation of Nos. 78, 79, 80, and 81 on the structure of the judiciary and is concerned with the inter-operation of state courts, lower federal courts, and the Supreme Court. Hamilton lays out the matter of concurrent jurisdiction and how appeals between the different courts should work.

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Is the Justice Department, at the behest of political appointees, selectively enforcing law? Recent actions provide glaring evidence to support this possibility.

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Ludwig von Mises' classic work Bureaucracy deserves another look. It is just as relevant today as when it was written in 1944 - perhaps more so. Its thesis is that there are only two ways society can be organized: On the basis of private ownership, capitalism and freedom; or on the basis of government control, socialism and eventual totalitarianism.

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Hamilton may have gotten it wrong in Federalist 81. Old and new essays explain the dangers of judicial activism.

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Federalist No. 81 is a continuation of Nos. 78, 79, and 80 on the structure of the judiciary. The particular topic in this essay is the organization of the federal judiciary with respect in particular to the Supreme Court. This essay is written almost entirely in rebuttal to an excellent anti-Federalist paper written by Brutus on the same topic.

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The Radicalism of the American Revolution overturns the common belief that the American Revolution was a ho-hum affair, led by genteel conservative intellectuals. In this book, Gordon Wood methodically explains its radical and unique nature.

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Some more first hand observations, video clips, and photos from the 8/28 Restoring Honor Rally.

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