"OVER the past two centuries many legends, myths, misconceptions, and palpable error have clustered about the Declaration of Independence... All of them, including the signed and engrossed copy, share in common the fact that they are derivatives of the prototype which was adopted by Congress on the evening of July 4, 1776, and which unhappily...Read More

After watching Senator Paul's speech and becoming intrigued by the Madison line I began searching for the source which his notes did not provide. In my search I encountered dozens of articles citing the line, most attributed to Senator Paul. After a thorough search using google I could not locate the passage in question.Read More

Mandeville, LA – The Spirit of ’76 Lives! The most courageous thing said since the 1776 Continental Congress responded to King George III’s Proclamation of Rebellion was said by Donald J. Trump tonight in the misnamed “Debate”: When asked if he’d take the pledge to support Hillary’s rigged victory, Trump, staring down catcalls of “traitor”...Read More

http://media.blubrry.com/crusade/p/www.mikechurch.com/mc-media/preview/Times_That_Try_Mens_Souls_Sample_The_Story-_Begins.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSWashington’s Crossing Limited Edition CD &  Parchment Map set – Great, rare, collectible gifts for patriots this Memorial Day! Mandeville, LA – Times That Try Men’s Souls – Washington’s Crossing.  New Feature from Mike Church debuted on SiriusXM December 23,...Read More

A Founders Pass Audio Exclusive! Another way to put this point is that if Congress did have an original, implied power over all its Territories, there would be no need to include in the 13th Amendment the second instance where slavery was to be abolished i.e. “place[s] subject to their jurisdiction” and so that should...Read More

NOTE- This essay was originally published on 24 Nov, 2014 Mandeville, LA  – We will all hear a lot about Washington’s Thanksgiving proclamation of 1789 and how this holiday has its roots in the Christian tradition. While this is true and not the point of this post it’s still worth noting. Let me get to...Read More

http://media.blubrry.com/crusade/p/www.mikechurch.com/mc-media/Project_76_webisodes/Who_Ratified_the_Constitution_The_13_COUNTRIES_PREVIEW.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSMandeville, LA – To “reclaim” the Constitution we first have to establish WHAT that Constitution was expected to do and as importantly, what breathed life into it, namely the 13 Countries that ratified it. You read that correctly, the...Read More

Mandeville, LA – What’s next Amazon, Wal-Mart, Sears, K-Mart and the rest of CowardCo. ‘Muricah, you going to ban the term SECEDE!? Shall we change all persons named Lee to —— (insert phony, non-offensive moniker here). What about the original racist, hick-hayseed slave owners who committed actual treason against an actual King and “separated” from “Great...Read More

Mandeville, LA – (Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on 1 July, 2013) On Saturday, 29 June, 1776 the VA Convention, on the 3rd vote, gave its approbation to the Constitution for the Commonwealth of VA and Independence, days before Congress jointly acted. That same day, newly elected delegates to its first Assembly, voted Patrick...Read More

http://media.blubrry.com/crusade/p/www.mikechurch.com/mc-media/post-show-show-audio/Project76_Patrick_Henry_To_Archibald_Blair_letter.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSEditors Note: (This piece appeared originally on 13 January, 2013) This page represents the first of many to come that will feature Project ’76 sight & sound content. Project ’76 will,  for the 1st time ever, take the written words...Read More

Mandeville, LA – After nearly 6 months of exhaustive research, translation, composition and editing we are in the final phase of making ready for press “John Taylor of Caroline County-American Statesman”!! I have long wished to publish Taylor’s works and a complete bio of his political career, that is now possible with the discovery of...Read More

http://media.blubrry.com/crusade/p/www.mikechurch.com/mc-media/preview/Argument_Respecting_Carriage_Tax_Mike_Church_Ch8_PREVIEW.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSTHIS WEEKEND ONLY, GET A CARRIAGE TAX BOOK FREE WITH ANY PURCHASE An ARGUMENT RESPECTING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE CARRIAGE TAX – In V I R G I N I A, In May, 1795 by John Taylor of Caroline County....Read More

http://media.blubrry.com/crusade/p/www.mikechurch.com/mc-media/Project_76_webisodes/Conservatives_Put_Constitution_Out_of_its_Misery_PREVIEW1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSThe Federal Constitution Reserved The Power To Quarantine And Immunize To The States, Why Don’t “Conservatives” Understand & Promote This? Editor’s Note: This is the final, complete essay that originally appeared in the Daily Caller of 04 February, 2015....Read More

Mandeville, LA – In another of the trillions of signs that “conservatives” left the GOP at about the same time Elvis went missing, the GOP opposition to President Obama’s $478 BILLION “public works” bill has all the elements we’ve come to expect and that’s the problem: where is the Constitution? Rep Paul Ryan one of...Read More

With "Conservatives" and their corrupt "think tanks" now fully backing the wasteful and unconstitutional spending on "interstate highway projects" who is left to defend the molecules of the Constitution that remain in effect? Well, we can summon the pen of Constitutional author, ratifier and President under, James Madison and his -SHOULD BE FAMOUS-veto of Henry...Read More

Mandeville, LA - On the 45th Anniversary of the passage of the Declaration of Independence, Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, delivered the following remarks to the members of the 22nd Congress in attendance. The reader wil N.B. that Adams acknowledges the Declaration of Independence while restating that it was American Custom to "(sic)...respected the...Read More

Founder, Edmund Pendleton’s theme is one that is as relevant today as it was after the Adams Administration: the government can be only as pure and respectful of liberty as the constituent parts - the politicians - are imbued with virtue, the constitution notwithstanding.Read More

Mandeville, LA  – In researching the ratifying conventions that approved the U.S Constitution I continue to stumble on nuggets of [r]epublican virture that do not comport with the current “conservative” mythology surrounding “The Founding.”  Exempli gratia (for the sake of example) consider Amendments IX & X, demanded by the Convention that met in Hillsborough NC...Read More

December 23, 1776 [Editor’s Note-This piece originally appeared here on 13 December, 2013] THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman....Read More

Q: Was The 14th Amendment Constitutionally Adopted? A: NO (This piece was originally published on 7 October, 2013) Mandeville, LA – I often refer to the 14th Amendment as “the miracle amendment” because it offers a binding, guilt trip addled method of bringing the Federal authority & the Constitution to bear on any question you...Read More

Mandeville, LA  – We have had dozens of conversations on the Mike Church Show about the selfless service of Patriots like President James Monroe. You can read the story of Monroe dying deep in debt BECAUSE of the expenses he incurred serving the United States. Monroe was a man of character and principle on these...Read More

We need to educate many millions on just what [r]epublicanism is, why their Founding Parents said it was the best form of government and how they defined it.Read More

http://media.blubrry.com/crusade/p/www.mikechurch.com/mc-media/preview/Times_That_Try_Mens_Souls_Sample_Franklin_states_are_independent_Congress_Cant_revoke.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSMandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – EDITOR’S NOTE: This post originally appeared on Dec 19, 2013″ – We always look for source material and contemporary things to tie our history to.  I’m going to give you the granddaddy of all contemporary...Read More

http://media.blubrry.com/crusade/p/www.mikechurch.com/mc-media/preview/Times_That_Try_Mens_Souls_Sample_James_Monroe_18yr_old_war_hero.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSMandeville, LA – Brion MacClanahan reminds us of the wonderful life of James Monroe, often described as my favorite Founding Father (when Taylor isn’t the subject). “Monroe was elected to the 1788 Virginia Ratifying Convention and along with Patrick...Read More

http://media.blubrry.com/crusade/p/www.mikechurch.com/mc-media/daily-clip/COD_16012014_Theres_no_right_way_to_start_revolution_Bostone_Tea_Party_is_best_example.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSMandeville, LA  – “I was asked on-air today what would get people motivated to “do something” about ObamaCare, The NSA et cetera, et cetra. I answered the query by explaining that there was no right answer and then proceeded...Read More

http://media.blubrry.com/crusade/p/www.mikechurch.com/mc-media/daily-clip/07032014_COD_William_Graham_Sumner_Forgotten_Man.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSMandeville, LA –  Exclusive Transcript –  “That’s the do-nothing that he’s speaking of.  That’s the licentious that he’s talking about.  Every dollar that is directed towards the sloven corruptocrats and those that will accept that grift is a dollar that is...Read More

Mandeville, LA – I’m going to read you the definition of a word from a 1755 dictionary, and you tell me the word. “Airy, cheerful, merry, frolick.” If you answered “happy, spirited” or “playful”, check yourself into a sensitivity training course before its too late. The correct answer is the adjective form of “gay” and...Read More

Mandeville, LA – At the Mike Church Show, Founding Father Films and Founding Father Films Publishing, we never stop working to deliver to ourselves and then share with you the rich history of the People of These United States. Today, in celebrating the birth of George Washington, please consider this brief preview from our upcoming...Read More

In large republics, the public good is sacrificed to a thousand views, in a small one, the interest of the public is easily perceived, better understood, and more within the reach of every citizen; abuses have a less extent, and of course are less protected.Read More

Mike: There is a simmering controversy over one of the authors that is James Madison, what he said, what he didn’t say, and then what he retracted. I’ll let you pick it up from there. Kevin Gutzman: Well, people who are listeningRead More

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – “This particular individual [Mark Levin] is making the claim about James Madison.  He has his army of acolytes out there making the claim [mocking] “What the Tenth Amendment Center, and what Mike Church and Kevin Gutzman and Tom Woods and the rest of these rabblerousing, ill-informed losers is trying to...Read More

Mandeville, LA  – (Note – I was alerted to Ms Kuznicki’s post by the following from Mr. Levin’s FaceBook page(i) “Is the “Tenth Amendment Center” for real? Jen Kuznicki continues to expose this group!”  I, as a speaker at TAC events, a friend to their cause and a member felt obliged as a Gentleman to respond.)...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Recently, I have introducers the discovery of the term “American Exceptionalism” into the radio show and online debate. This has spurred a number of “fact checks” that claim John Winthrop of Mayflower fame actually created the “exceptionalists”. I think a reading of Bradford’s work will the blame squarely at the pedestal of...Read More

Auburn AL– My remarks on the case for calling an Article V Amendment Convention and the historical case supporting it. Presented to the Austrian Scholars Conference at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn AL, 10 March, 2010. Call Of Duty-Article V Presented by Mike Church, March 10, 2012 Download as a pdf file Greetings and...Read More

Mandeville, LA – (The following is a preview, courtesy of Nomocracy in Politics on libertarian judicial activism in Sandefur’s book) Timothy Sandefur, the Conscience of the Constitution:  The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty (Cato Institute:  Washington, D.C. (2014) (forthcoming)).  viii + 199 pp.  $24.95 cloth; $12.99 digital. Libertarian legal scholar Timothy Sandefur endeavors...Read More

Mike Church participated in the annual Free Enterprise Institute's "Founders Day Breakfast" at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston TX. Joining a list of luminary speakers including Annette Kirk, widow of the late Dr Russell Kirk, Stephen Klugewicz, Houston Texans owner Bob McNair and Gleaves Whitney, Mike delivered a spirited 8 minute presentation of...Read More

Mandeville, LA  – From one of my [r]epublican Thought of The Day entries. “My [r]epublican Thought Of The Day. Imploring today’s Jacobin-like “conservatives” to hone their manners, read Livy or Cicero and ignite the pursuit of civic virtue provokes profanity-laced reactions that you would expect from “liberals”. One should read the tale of Thomas Paine’s...Read More

Mandeville, LA - You’ve probably all read the KY & VA Resolves on nullification & interposition and, like most people, think that is the beginning and end of the story, but like most great epics in history there is always a back story that is equally as important. In the case of Nullification & Interposition...Read More

Mandeville, LA  – “These Are The Times That Try Men’s Souls” December 23, 1776 — for those of you that are history majors and attend your history lessons every day by visiting this radio show or by visiting MikeChurch.com and all the stuff we link to in the posts, how many of you know what was going...Read More

Mandeville, LA – Many gallons of ink have been spilled and trillions of phosphorous pixels burned over the Feds-“government shutdown inspired”- shuttering of Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty. I have asked the question “why” this is so seeing as how the Statue belongs to the People of the United States, NOT the government....Read More