The Fifth Column

Franklin Roosevelt stated May 16, 1940: “We have seen the treacherous use of the ‘fifth column’ by which persons supposed to be peaceful visitors were actually a part of an enemy unit of occupation.” Franklin Roosevelt described the “fifth column” tactics, Dec. 29, 1940: “Their secret emissaries … seek to stir up … dissension to … Continue reading The Fifth Column

The (Much Too) Importance and Power of the Supreme Court

Thomas Jefferson warned against a Supreme Court that became the arbiter of all Constitutional questions: He wrote to William Jarvis, Sept. 28, 1820: “You seem … to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions; a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. … Continue reading The (Much Too) Importance and Power of the Supreme Court