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War and the military: how freedom was lost (the beginnings)

Sep 13, 2017 by Dr. Joel McDurmon 13 Comments

Restoring America One County at a Time Chapter 9: National Defense 9.2. How Freedom Was Lost The destruction of the early Puritan-American views of the military, of voluntary militias, etc., as described previously, began with the first skirmish of the first world war—not World War I, mind you, but what was perhaps the first true […]

Filed Under: American History, Articles, County Rights Project, Ethics, Featured, Government, History, Law, Politicians, Politics, War Tagged With: antifederalists, Benjamin Workman, Blackstone's Commentaries, Elbridge Gerry, French and Indian War, george washington, Jumonville, Ohio Company, Philadelphiensis, Robert Dinwiddie, Second Amendment, Seven Years' War, St. George Tucker, Tanaghrisson

The military and war in a free society

Jul 19, 2017 by Dr. Joel McDurmon 37 Comments

Restoring America One County at a Time Chapter 9: National Defense 9.1 National Defense in a Free Society (Part 2) Raising an Army Picking up from our review of the first major passage on preventing the warfare state, the second relevant passage covers both the laws for a militia and for waging warfare, all found […]

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State’s Rights: how they were lost

Sep 6, 2016 by Dr. Joel McDurmon 20 Comments

Restoring America One County at a Time Chapter 4: State’s Rights 4.2 How they were lost We have already covered how decentralization in principle was lost already with the Constitutional settlement. It is not my intention to rehash that same material for the loss of State Rights—though much of it is relevant. But we need to […]

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