Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Michael Boldin
“The very first economic fight under the Constitution wasn’t over a national bank. It wasn’t over building roads or canals. It was about tariffs. This was, as James Madison called it, the subject of ‘the greatest magnitude’ – demanding, he insisted, their first attention. Yet today, this foundational debate, and all its messy details, is almost completely forgotten.” (11/05/25)