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The Practice of Impoundment Has a Deep History

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The Practice of Impoundment Has a Deep History
Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1800. Public Domain
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Thomas Jefferson won the presidency in 1800 in an upset election over incumbent John Adams that upended the financial and political establishment. He immediately repealed the Alien and Sedition Acts that stood in violation of the First Amendment and embarked on a political journey to entrench the Jeffersonian vision of limited government and freedom for all.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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