Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence
that when an aggrieved people becomes fed up with governmental
incursions into its liberty, that people "should declare the causes
which impel them to the separation," such that the world can later judge
the kinds and degree of the tyranny. Thus, today we have a historical
template for the kinds and the degree of despotism which informed the
impetus for the dissolution of
our nation from the British one. With a few non-mention-worthy bits of
historical garnish, the Jeffersonian template for grievance-enumeration
comprised mostly four 1770s tariffs (Tea Act, Townsend Act, Sugar Act,
Stamp Act), imposed on an improper theory of British legislative
representation, from the point of view of the American colonists.
Now, does the list of current infractions by the American government a) reach, b) fail to reach, or c) surpass the level of those incurred by the American colonists against England in 1776? Well, you be the judge.
Our government is currently guilty of:
Now, does the list of current infractions by the American government a) reach, b) fail to reach, or c) surpass the level of those incurred by the American colonists against England in 1776? Well, you be the judge.
Our government is currently guilty of:
- Gross congressional overreach of its Article I, Section 8 powers throughout the 20th century, with a collusive sanction by the court and the presidency.
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