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rifled through melanias closet in donald trumps office. lets hope we get that camera footage which they have. or the fact that an anti trump judge is giving the fbi carte blanche to redact whatever it wants from the affidavit we deserve to see. maybe you saw hunter biden enjoying a free stay at a $20 million south carolina mansion and thought to yourself, how come the fbi is not going after him? how dare you ask that question? how dare you question the fbis credibility. dont you know y...

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Tracing its roots back to John Locke, the Mayflower Compact - and even earlier - the “consent of the governed” was one of the most important principles in the Declaration of Independence, and was the foundation for the formation of the Constitution as well. But, as Lysander Spooner argued - the notion that “all the people” consent exists only in theory.

In the American system, the people of the several states are sovereign, meaning they hold final or ultimate authority. Power flows from them to the federal government, which merely serves as their agent.

In his 1850 essay The Law, Bastiat railed against socialism, and argued that legitimate law isn’t just the will of politicians, but instead is based on protecting the natural rights of individuals. You can see inspiration in these views from Locke, Jefferson, Paine and more.

Can we teach civics without partisan politics?

“It is difficult to look at the state of American civic life right now and conclude higher education is doing all we can to prepare our graduates for our democratic

Supporting one version of an unconstitutional government program over another - because it seems to be the "least offensive" option - is not only what leading founders called a "fatal error," but it also sets a precedent for more of the same, and worse.