founding fathers
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Frank W. Keeney explains how inserting Article V into the constitution was an act of humility.
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Over time, words sometimes change their meanings or connotations.
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If America’s founders had been forced to choose between having no Congress, or no President, they would quickly have chosen the latter.
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Thanks to a presidential proclamation dating back to Franklin Roosevelt, December 15 is the day we celebrate the Bill of Rights—the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
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The hidden history of a great historic document.
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Government
Phyllis Schlafly, Champion OF Investors, Defender of Vigorous U.S. Patent System
by Nancy Thorner February 12, 2018Phyllis Schlafly is perhaps best remembered for leading grassroot campaigns against Communism, abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Constitution
The Most ‘Underrated’ Founder’s Influence on America’s Constitution
by Rob Natelson November 29, 2017This month marks the 250th anniversary of John Dickinson’s Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania — the landmark series of newspaper op-eds that laid out the colonial case against taxation without representation.
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FeaturedGovernment
Surprising Facts About the Declaration of Independence
by Nancy Thorner August 25, 2017Just how did a group of thinkers and activists in the 1700s come up with a cherished document that launched a revolution and developed into a dream?
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Government
Part 1: Is the Nation Our Forefathers Gave Us Slipping Away?
by Nancy Thorner July 27, 2017Is the US on the wrong track?
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FeaturedLibertyPodcast
Podcast: Talking About the Founding Generation on Independence Day
by Jim Lakely July 6, 2017American Greatness Managing Editor Ben Boychuk and Heartland’s Jim Lakely recorded a podcast for Independence Day. Ben inspired Jim with his tradition to read the Declaration of Independence at July 4th observances, which he brought to my barbecue years ago.
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LibertyPodcastPolitics
PODCAST: Celebrating American Exceptionalism on Independence Day Weekend
by Jim Lakely June 30, 2017Mark Independence Day Weekend with a podcast discussing American Exceptionalism. The Founding Fathers gave us a government where liberty and freedom are paramount … if we can keep it.
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Uncategorized
Fake Democracy, Real Power Grabs: The Bureaucracy ‘Comment Periods’
by Seton Motley June 13, 2017The Left doesn’t like acquiescing to the will of We the People. They like – to degree that they can pull it off – to PRETEND to acquiesce to the will of We the People.
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Public opinion polls show that 70% of the public believes the electoral college should be eliminated and replaced by a national popular vote. No change should be made without first understanding why the electoral college was created.