John Hendrickson: Conservatives often champion Thomas Jefferson as a hero, but Alexander Hamilton provides the best example of a prudent conservative statesman.
Supreme Court Rules Texas Doesn’t Have Standing, A Win for Federalism
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s complaint filed in Texas v. Pennsylvania, et. al. is an affront to federalism, the Supreme Court was right to reject it.
Five Early American Political & Legal Theorists on Federalism
Read what early American political/legal theorists James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Story, & John Marshall said about federalism.
John Jay in The Federalist #2: “The country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence.”
John Hendrickson: Alexander Hamilton is a forgotten conservative statesman, whose ideas can help us solve the great national problems that we face today.
James Madison’s Insight Into Today’s Abuse of Power
With Federalist 51 it seems that James Madison could see into the future with the current disregard of checks and balances, but he just knew human nature.