by Michael Patrick Leahy
Broadside Books
March 21, 2012
Today’s political class-in both parties and at all levels of government-shows a blatant disregard for both the letter and spirit of the United States Constitution. More and more Americans are fed up, and from this sweeping sense of discontent and anger the Tea Party movement has emerged, revitalizing the spirit of constitutionalist activism in the conservative world. According to author and Tea Party activist Michael Patrick Leahy, a similar lack of accountability ignited our nation’s Founding Fathers, and they were motivated by the same ideological desires: to constitutionally limit government, ensure fiscal responsibility, and defend individual liberty. These imperatives were at the heart of what he calls a “covenant of liberty,” which undergirds our written Constitution.
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