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Law professor Andrew Koppelman and Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein debate whether libertarianism has been thoroughly corrupted by greed.

(Archived document, may contain errors) AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSTITUTION'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS POWER by Thomas J. Campbell

America’s Founders believed that creation of the Constitution signaled acceptance of the belief that men could create their governments from what Alexander Hamilton called “reflection and choice” and not be doomed to whatever fate may bring as a result of “accident and force.” At the heart of this idea is the further confidence that language, as John Locke said, “is the great instrument and common tye of society.” The Founders held that their written and ratified Constitution of li...

Whatever the merits of President Bush's decision to commute Mr.Libby's sentence, there is little doubt that it was a permissibleact under the Constitution.

He continued: “Our forefathers, seeking refuge from religious persecution, believed in the eternal truth that freedom is not a gift from the government, but a sacred right from Almighty God. On the coattails of the American Revolution, on January 16, 1786, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom … This seminal bill, penned by Thomas Jefferson, states that, ‘all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matt...

How Political Moralism Leads To Despotism  Share   Share Trending A brief book entitled Politics: A Very Short Introduction by Kenneth Minogue explores the changing scope and character of politics by tracing its history through its classical, medieval, and modern stages of development as analyzed by a handful of great political thinkers. The book is a succinct commentary and critique of the ever-expanding scope of politics. The ancient Greeks understood politics (from polis, meaning "city-...

After the Constitutional Convention ended, George Washington commented to Marquis de Lafayette, February 7, 1788: “With regard to the two great points (the pivots on which the whole machine must move) my creed is simply: First, That the general Government is not invested with more powers than are indispensably necessary to perform functions of a good government … Secondly, That these Powers … are so distributed among the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, into which t...