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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 787 The Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and "Limited Government"

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Are your progressive friends correct to say the US Constitution is not a limited government document after all? Bill Watkins joins me to discuss both the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation, and what the light of history can tell us about each.

Show notes for Ep. 787

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The Tom Woods Show, episode 787.

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Hey everybody, Tom Woods here talking to Bill Watkins today.

0:50.8

He is the author of a really, really tremendous book on the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 that he wrote probably, I don't know, 15 years ago, quite a while ago.

1:02.7

But he's got a brand new book called Crossroads for Liberty, recovering the anti-federalist values of America's first constitution. And that's the kind of topic

1:12.9

that interests me as a historian. So I thought, let's get Bill on here. He's a hero for doing that

1:17.8

great book reclaiming the American Revolution on the Virginia-Kentucky resolutions. Let's have him come on

1:22.3

and talk about his brand new book, Crossroads for Liberty. Bill's a research fellow at the

1:26.5

Independent Institute over at independent.org, Bill's a research fellow at the Independent Institute over

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at independent.org. He's a former law clerk to Judge William B. Traxler, Jr. of the U.S.

1:34.4

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He's served as a prosecutor and defense lawyer,

1:39.1

has practiced in various state and federal courts. He's written scholarly articles for many,

1:43.9

many publications and popular articles for many, many publications,

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