This Independence Day, Anthony Holm goes back to 1776 and explains why the Declaration of Independence was not just a patriotic statement. It was a warning about government power.
In this special July 4 episode of Politics with the Big Dogs, Anthony walks through the Declaration of Independence as a legal and political document — a list of grievances against unchecked authority, abusive government, ignored petitions, controlled courts, denied jury trials and power that no longer answered to the people.
Anthony also explains why the Constitution came later, why consent of the governed matters, why rights come from God rather than government and why the American experiment still depends on ordinary citizens who understand liberty well enough to defend it.
This is not just a Fourth of July message. It is a reminder that the founders risked life, liberty and property for an idea almost unheard of in human history — that government gets its just powers from the people.
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