FD Article #12
By: Bill Carns

The Father of our Constitution, James Madison, made clear the authority of the federal government in Federalist Papers #45:

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State."

FD Article #9
by Bill Carns

When our Founding Fathers drafted "The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America" (commonly referred to as the Declaration of Independence) it began with acknowledging the "unalienable rights" of all men which predate any government or laws as they are endowed to us by our Creator. Later, with the drafting of our Constitution the Founders included

FD Article #6
by Bill Carns

The Constitution of the United States doesn’t “give” or “allow” any rights at all, rather the Constitution protects rights which are endowed to us by our Creator and those rights cannot be legislated by the government. These understandings are spelled out in such documents as the Unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (Declaration of Independence), The US Constitution and the Federalist papers.

FD Article #2
by Bill Carns

We refer to the Founding Fathers of this country as the men who drafted “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (Declaration of Independence), the Federalist Papers and the Constitution. But who are these men and can we trust in how they established our country?