Postscript

Modern Federalism is an invention of the Federal Convention of 1787, given form in the Constitution that was ratified by the people of the colonies to replace the Articles of Confederation and the Confederation of states that by those articles made the central government the states factor. The Constitution inverted that order and made the new government superior to the states, but much less centralized than either Hamilton’s or Madison’s Virginia Plan, (p. 43) and again upended and redefined the older federalism, or confederation, in which central governments could only act on states not individuals. (p. 44)

The Constitutions success is partly to be found in its influence on other governments: “Every federal system of the present time...is in large degree based upon the work of the Federal Convention and the exposition, developed most clearly in The Federalist, during the controversy over ratification.” (Benjamin F. Wright, p. 42) Its American legacy is the institutional and societal stability it has provided. By its safeguards protecting the means to our ends and the citizenry’s agency to “improve and perpetuate it.”

“It is the doctrine of the Federalist that popular government...rest[s] upon multiple protections, plural safeguards.” (p. 84) One of those is “an unlimited right of constitutional amendment.” Hamilton and Madison in The Federalist, explicitly defended that right of the people. (p. 86) In addition they “contended that ‘good government’ could be established through reflection and choice,” and they “defended with vigor and force the proposition that it is one of the greatest virtues of Americans that they have not hesitated to experiment, to take steps for which there was no precedent.” That courage tempered with prudence gave us the Constitution hence popular government, our Republic.

Experience again requires Americans to take the reigns of liberty and authority handed to us in the Constitution and amend it for the national betterment. The Federalist contains “one of the earliest recognition’s of the value in popular government of diversity and the absence of unified opinion.” (See #10) But when the nation is threatened the rational course is for separate interests and opinions to face the common threat with one voice and in this case endorse a constitutional amendment(s) to reign in federal spending and begin paying down the national debt. Otherwise, having been declared insolvent by the “Treasury Department’s own consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025” (https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/treasury-just-declared-u-insolvent-151425143.html) what’s left of general prosperity will continue narrowing to the good of the few who can afford shrinking opportunities. Requiring various authorities to continue growing the welfare state for people and business; the continued substitution of state power for private means; and Marxist politics ongoing polarization of society, fomenting the growth of domestic hostilities facilitated further by a lack of comprehensive immigration policy that would stop the active recruitment by government of those hostile to American culture. Including the English language, one of the last things Americans have in common.

No doubt such an amendment would have the beltway in a muted uproar. For its acceptance would be an acknowledgment of our leaders gross negligence and the imminent threat their poor management of the nations fiscal means poses to the country. Making the success of Lenin’s boast that “America will spend herself out of existence” quantifiable not just in terms of overwhelming debt but in the damage done to Americas institutional foundations.

The United States is a creedal nation. The foremost reference of which is found in the Declaration’s second paragraph. “Conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” (Lincoln) to be American is to be defined by, “divine moral laws, not easy to apprehend, but operating upon all mankind,” (Plato) that in reality do not change. And in approximating and instantiating them committing ourselves to the aims of the Constitutions preamble and an appreciation of the goodness and nobility of the United States, reminding us of our duty to live up to our aspirations.

Hamilton and Madison writing under the pen-name Publius (along with Jay) urged readers of The Federalist to “consider the true interests, the long-term welfare, and decide on the basis of what Publius urged as the ‘safest course for your liberty, your dignity and your happiness’” for the Constitution. (p. 79) Theirs was the language of reason, persuading voters that they would be best served by the “proposed form of government.” (p. 80) Once again, American interests and long term welfare would be best served by an amendment that would limit spending and begin repaying debt. In brief, spending has been mismanaged leaving the country debt-ridden and in danger. Making such an amendment morally compelling for the national aims outlined in the preamble.

Some might say that that is an overstatement conditions do not warrant. However, amid great turmoil lies opportunity for those who would make the republic into something else, and they know it. As we have seen the executive branch is rife with corruption, the courts legislate by deceit and deception, and Congress has been dragged down by those who love the cachet of their offices but hate not only the duly constituted country but their supposed jobs. The lefts double dealing has them blazoning their love of country while actively subverting it.

Thus Trump appears to be an outclassed octogenerian who cannot tell who is dealing what, moreover, cannot get through a day without his mind wandering from one counterfactual claim to the next, contradicting himself incessantly. Making his assertions of Iran looking for a deal a ludicrous attempt to cover up his desperation for such. Meanwhile he insults and threatens allies with lethal force as if they were footstools for his hubris then he treats them as lackeys and demands their help. He’s a poor executive, a paradigm of thoughtless naivete, with a dash of thug, that has him tripping over every step he takes. But his imprudent lack of circumspection may forfeit international opportunities. It’s been said the Iranian regime was at its weakest and now it has lost much of its ability to project force. Even so Iranian institutions remain intact. War can be a test of will, Trump seems to be the one thinking of surrender. Because of consequences he foolishly did not foresee finishing the job is an on again off again proposition for him. Yet unlike Lincoln who thinking in terms of preserving the Union and liberating the slaves through victory handled the politics of war including protecting Grant from the critics while allowing him the authority to fight and win the civil war. Our golf course warrior believes his military judgment augmented by Lindsey Graham’s strategic and tactical acumen is superior. (Lincoln didn’t give up civilian control of the military but made allowance for areas of expertise, and Grant was a brilliant strategist.) So we have a thoroughgoing amateur at the helm babbling about himself mostly and nobody can talk sense to him.

His foray into Iran is a pertinent example of his dilettantish disdain for the analytical rigor comprehensive planning requires for defined success. Iran’s nuclear and conventional missile programs in addition to its drone programs, terrorist proxies and stated aims of murdering those who do not share its views are the rationale for targeting Iran’s military assets and treating it as a belligerent that seeks to govern and bring harm to people far beyond its borders. But there is no rationale for Trump to retreat and leave the strait of Hormuz in Iranian hands for that would leave them in a position to continue extorting the world. Nor putting the onus for reopening the strait on NATO. That would be making NATO responsible for actions they had no part in.

Thus our ideological slattern’s failure to cut off the “intelligence pipeline between Russia and the IRGC” (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) is more evidence of his incompetence if not his abject fear of Putin that increasingly suggests complicity. While the decapitation of senior Iranian leadership was successful “the Islamic Republic’s political system closed ranks quickly” and overall the “IRGC has emerged as the dominant force within the state apparatus.”

As an institution it is unshaken, entirely capable of reconstituting itself and has demonstrated an undeterred resolve to fight. Trump “has also missed an opportunity to exploit the structural divide between the Revolutionary Guards and the conventional armed forces of Iran, known as Artesh.” “For some time, Artesh has played second fiddle to the guards.” The “institutional gap between these two forces” could be to our advantage if properly addressed.

Also, the “campaign lacks a coherent architecture of political warfare...has yet to cultivate an organized opposition...has not cultivated a counter-value deterrence posture...to impose reciprocal costs on an adversary” and furthermore, whereas the military effort has been exquisite Trump appears to be following his pattern of braying like an ass when declaring victory in relativistic terms. So if he calls it good then it is and if he says there has been regime change then the lie is to be accepted as true. (The previous four paragraphs were drawn mostly from The Hudson Institutes Can Kasapoglu’s Toward a Theory of Victory for the War in Iran, March 16, 2026)

A failing capacity for the rigors of the presidency may explain Trump quickening his every effort with all possible often irresponsible haste. In addition, the people trying to make sense of his countervailing assertions are left to wonder how he expects to maintain his credibility. Meanwhile the press is ignoring what may be the stories of the century. The United States are insolvent, bankrupt, and the story hasn’t made it to any of the networks. Followed by the Supreme Court sounding as if birthright citizenship is constitutionally legitimate. No matter the authors intent or the plain language of the 14^th Amendment. The courts do not get to make the law say what they want it to but that never stopped them before because there are no consequences.

Maybe we ought to make some. The amendment (or amendments) to limit federal spending and begin to repay the national debt would be the best place to start. Followed by a mechanism to redress campaign financing and something to make judges accountable for their blatant rewriting of the Constitution.

Except Trump is otherwise occupied with his greatness. First he declared Iran’s nuclear program was dead, shortly after that he said it was two weeks away from having a nuke. And he really believes that in a fit of childlike pique he can tear down everything that has been accomplished by the mutual consent of his betters. If he were to take us out of NATO it wouldn’t be long after he left office that that breach would be repaired (assuming Congressional cooperation). Prior to that, back channels would probably make it clear that the decision would not stand. Donald Trump—who seems to think he is a western emperor—would not get away with subverting the west.

Trump is quite the thug when going up against the defenseless. The women and children enslaved in Texas may even stir him where nothing has stirred in a long time. And the thought of deporting the Swartos to certain death might have him shuddering with delight. For any one of them could hire an attorney and eventually put him in prison.

All the same, while he has been operating in the imaginary world of his omniscience the FBI steered events their way. The Bureau played the instigator to incite a major aerospace company against me. Hopefully nothing will come of it but it’s in FBI records. Which indicates that they are extremely confident of their ability to suppress any knowledge of the company’s active hostility and its matter of course means to murder people.

My family is not particularly this or that. Determined in the forge of adversity resolute in purpose we hope for a modicum of justice. We have neither cowered before the illegal threats that have been made against us nor practiced the self-indulgent theatrics of mere posers. We are not fearless nor cowards but Americans who understand resolve. So we move forward constant in the quest for our freedom from this color of law fraud—by definition perpetrated by criminals.

On the other hand we have the Trump’s. Whose corpulent patriarch has flooded the nation with the stink of his lies and cowardice. Everything has caught up with him. Where to run is the fear that never leaves him. For he is stuck, there’s nowhere to turn. The Trump name stands for weakness and anxious days unkept by strength. Leaving the Swartos stuck waiting for them to gather a courage that will never come.

One day the Jews were making prostitutes out of the nations children like any other criminal organization. Protected by government like any other, they were secure in their maleficence. But thanks to the arrogance of government in prosecuting a despicable color of law investigation and then recruiting the underworld against the objects of that investigation it and organized criminals in general have been exposed as allies benefiting from their mutual complicity. Each is more. More powerful, more threatening, more lethal than either of them could have been by themselves. That synergy makes government operators and networked criminals partners in a sort of civil war against defenseless American citizens and their children. In this government is the winner. Allying itself with criminals minimizes the threat of retaliation. For example, when Jeffrey Epstein was being supposedly investigated for sex crimes against women and children federal authorities did not bother to search his residence in New Mexico where on occasion he allegedly fed his sexual appetites. The more we know about the Epstein case the more it reveals government to be a co-conspirator.

And the payoffs continue. When Paul Volcker was made Fed Chairman everyone knew that battling inflation would be extremely unpopular. Yet Volcker withstood every attack and defeated inflation. Now that the acceptance of inflation has become part of Fed doctrine enduring subversives malevolence is no longer an issue and the occasion is opportune for the tender ascendancy of Kevin Warsh. The political class, including Republicans, have welcomed him. What somnolent produces the peace of their sleep filled nights is unknown. Moreover, Warsh has been known to put aside his judgment for what appears to be the sake of of Jewish tribal unity on the Fed. Making him not a strong leader but a malleable fellow conspirator. Nevertheless, in barracks language Trump wants a new love sock; and it’s going to be Kevin Warsh.

The founders created checks and balances to thwart mans darker nature. Government having largely sided with criminals and subversives the rare thing standing between pimps and their day to day business is the threat of retaliation for inadvertently threatening people who can fight back. Therefore the relatively powerless, having no friend in government and no other licit way to defend themselves become the majority of Americans, reduced to prey that will be jailed if they fight back.

Jews and the rest of organized crime can be likened to those that cemented the abuse of native Americans and blacks into culture by depriving them of their self-respect with the backing of government. Indeed this is still done but now includes women and children as objectified commercial products. An added difficulty is that all of these groups even when not an outright part of government use their influence with it for nefarious ends. Though being front and center for bad behavior can draw unwanted attention to that influence. This complicates things.

Jews and homosexuals in government present and past and throughout the underworld are in and have been in league with presidents past and present to pursue sinister plots against the Swartos. This has produced a stark contrast of the laws standing; when the powerful come into conflict with those who are not there is no law. Former abuses are merely imposed on new targets, so “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” –Faulkner

(For further evidence of governments attitude towards power consider its accommodating posture towards Ghislaine Maxwell. Instead of being housed in a prison appropriate to the gravity of her crimes she, not long after meeting with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, was transferred to a minimum security facility in Texas where she is allowed to meet privately with visitors who need not identify themselves, have her meals delivered, and can recreate into the night. Which means she can hook up with girlfriends. (She was Jeffrey Epstein’s beard and perhaps business partner, not his lover. He was a gay guy with a psychopaths thing for little girls.) So she can live a relatively comfortable life, weave her plots in secret, dine in a manner that suits her station, and have plenty of sex. That’s justice for the elite.)

The only certainty to come of these misbegotten adventures in lawlessness is that any moral framework the country once possessed is in exigent need of repair. The Democrats will object to the mention of morals but somebody’s always arguing for their idea of right and wrong. Even dualism’s bad power was by its lights presumably moral. Nonetheless, good is not necessarily what you like but what you ought to prefer.