In one of the best puns in history - Samuel Adams reminded us that "power is intoxicating" Power is intoxicating; and Men legally vested with it, too often discover a Disposition to make an ill Use of it & an Unwillingness to part with it. -Letter to James Warren (24 Oct 1780)

In his 1850 pamphlet, “A Defence for Fugitive Slaves,” Lysander Spooner gave us a strategy for how to stop unconstitutional acts: resist. But the philosophical foundation he built this on was nothing new under the sun. In fact, the famed anarchist was merely reaffirming the views of leading Founders. https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2021/09/spooners-strategy-to-stop-usurpation/

Never trust people with power - because even if you like how they use it today, someone else will come along and use it - and expand it - in other ways in the future.