To stop the feds people generally try three things:
"Vote the bums out,"
sue in federal court, or demand Congress repeal
the law they passed in the first place.
But if you want to succeed, you should do
something else.
Think of the Constitution like you would an
owners manual for something in your home.
While some of the jargon might be a little
confusing, if you have questions you should go to
the people who wrote it for clarification.
Sure, James Madison doesn't have a toll free
number or live chat,
but the man considered by many to be "The Father
of the Constitution" wrote plenty about how to
stop the federal government
when it won't follow the document he was so
instrumental in writing.
In a paper known as Federalist #46,
James Madison told us exactly what to do.
He provided a blueprint of sorts;
a series of actions to effectively stop the feds.
But what Madison did NOT advise might be even
more notable than what he did advise.
He never told you that your first or primary
strategy should include the three things people
normally do today.
That is, voting bums out,
suing in federal court,
or demanding federal politicians repeal federal laws.
None of these were part of what James Madison
advised as a first response
to federal overreach.
