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Hillsdale College new course on Federalist Papers

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640-federalistpapersMICHIGAN — Hillsdale College of Michigan has been doing courses on the Constitution for a couple of years, now. Their most recent course on the Federalist Papers is available for immediate sign up.

The Federalist Papers course concentrates on the government-approved arguments to ratify the Constitution of the United States. These papers are considered to have been written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and the Father of the Constitution James Madison.

The courses run 10-weeks with an examination at the end of each week. The course has already started so a couple of weeks of courses may be available. It is recommended, however, that you take your time and read all of the course material.

These were not the only papers arguing for and against the new form of government.

Once you sign up, you can find a list of their older courses including a course on great historic literature. You will, of course, receive the inevitable emails asking for donations and a subscription to their Imprimis Magazine. They even give you a certificate suitable for framing when you complete each course.

The course should inspire you to look at all of the arguments surrounding the ratification of the Constitution. I believe they are incorrect in their premise that the anti-Federalist, those opposed to the Constitution, wanted slavery, for example. If you read the anti-Federalist arguments you will find that many of them were written in the North—very much against slavery. Still the online video lectures and reading material provided are all free and give you a good basis for further research on your own.

The biggest contribution by the anti-Federalists was to convince James Madison—formerly against a Bill of Rights in the Federalist Papers—to change his mind and lobby for an inalienable Bill of Rights.

Detroit activists illegally ask UN to step on US sovereignty

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detroitDETROIT – The Financial Post reported last month that activists are asking the United Nations to enter their city and assist. Assist in staving off hordes of hungry rioters? Assist in stopping the invasion of illegal aliens?

No. Activists in Detroit are asking for the United Nations to come in a prevent their water from being shut off.

These are the same types of activists that convince the Lydon B. Johnson administration to dump billions of taxpayer dollars into the city to create a “model city.” It has become a model of what happens when the national government steals from the property of the American people to support other cities.

It also shows that these “activists” will stop at nothing to turn America into a third-world country.

If these people were properly educated, they would know that the United Nations has absolutely no Constitutional authority inside the United States.

The United Nations is exerting unauthorized authority by convincing “progressive” elected Democrats to sign on to their sustainable energy initiatives known popularly as Agenda 21. This is a prime example of the influence warned about by John Jay—the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court—in Federalist Papers No. 2-5 entitled, Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence.