Constitution

Henry Knew Best: The Size and Growth of Government Would Make Transparency Impossible

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - During the Constitutional Convention a bunch of guys met in secret to establish a new form of government... which isn't why they were sent there in the first place. They were sent there to amend the Articles of Confederation, instead they came back with a Constitution with Washington's painting all over it. So why all the secrecy? Well, many of the states […]

June 23, 2015 21

Founders Television

Gutzman on Vattel: What Is A Natural Born Citizen?

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Kevin Gutzman joins us on today's Founders TV and discusses Emerich de Vattel's influence on natural born citizenship. The problem with Vattel is that most of his influence on this issue has been taken from an English translation post-Constitutional Convention that says that both parents must be citizens of the original country. But if you read the original French, it's just not […]

June 19, 2015 4

Daily Clip

James Madison Disproves Incorporation Of Rights

The Big Bat Known As The Bill Of Rights Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "For this we have Madison’s speech on the day that he introduced the Bill of Rights. Of course, he introduced the Bill of Rights because if he didn’t, Patrick Henry and George Mason and the Virginia Assembly were going to call for an Article V Amendment Convention, except they weren’t going to call for amendments. […]

June 17, 2015 9

Founders Television

Ghosts of Founders Past Reveal Our Future: John Taylor on Congress

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Let's not pretend that everyone in the House of Representin' is fighting against the debt ceiling being raised for all the right reasons. Oh, there are certainly a few, but for the most part, it's not because they are DEFENDERS OF THE CONSTITUTION, they are doing for their own selfish reasons. But it's always been like that... well, maybe not the FIRST […]

June 11, 2015 4

Founders Television

What is Conservatism? According to Russell Kirk It’s A Set of Principles, Not Party Politics.

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - Conservatism isn't about political parties or even politics in general. Simply put, it's about conserving the good things in one's life. Conserving your family, relationships with friends, culture, history, community, nature, etc. You wouldn't try to conserve the bad or evil things in your life would you? Russell Kirk gives us ten principles that we should follow as conservatives, and not too […]

June 11, 2015 13

Daily Clip

The Constitution Is NOT A Religious Document

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Audio and Transcript - This Clip of The Day was originally aired and published on Aug 2,2012 and is part of the Founders Pass Flashback Collection. Steve in Georgia thinks that the Founders put God in the Constitution... well you have Amendment One, making sure that if someone tries to add God in there, it’s not going to get added in. You could say the preamble, “to […]

June 11, 2015 9

Founders Television

Defenders of the Constitution… Is There Anybody Out There?

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Video and Audio - How many TRUE statesmen have their been recently? True defenders of the Constitution. Ted Cruz? Nah. Ron Paul is about the only one that we can actually think of. And it doesn't matter if these guys are Republican or Democrat. Why anyone would want to jump on board with any member of the current political class is beyond comprehension. Almost everyone is […]

June 9, 2015 2

Daily Clip

Article V Amendment Repeals ObamaCare Forever

Mandeville, LA - This Clip of The Day was originally aired and published on Jul 11,2012 and is part of the Founders Pass Flashback Collection. Exclusive Audio and Transcript - If you want the foolproof, I shouldn’t say foolproof, the more sure methodology to get out of ObamaCare here, a mere 12 days after the Roberts Court passed the edict down from Mount Olympus, from Mount SCOTUS, here is the near […]

June 9, 2015 12

Transcripts

We’re Better Off With A King- Patrick Henry Was Right

The Fraud Of Libertarian Views Of The Constitution Exposed By Patrick Henry Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – "This is the exact opposite of what the fairy tale history books tell us about the cradle and the birth of liberty. Historian Lance Banning has a book and it’s just blasphemous, “Sacred Fire of Liberty”: This is James Madison summoning forth from the ethereal – the penumbras that we have emanating […]

June 2, 2015 8