Mike Church Provides the Founding Father's Definition of the Word "State"

Let’s play a word game today that will help explain some of the current tyranny we suffer under in these United States. Americans refer to France, Afghanistan and Pakistan as countries but in the 18th century they were commonly called “states”. Our Declaration of Independence even dissolves our political connections with “the state of Great Britain”.

This is why the 50 sovereign entities that make up our current federal union are importantly called “states” but they can as easily be called “countries”. Why does this matter? It matters because our Federal Government cannot be the sole arbiter of the extent of it’s own powers. The countries that ratified the Constitution have an important role as a check against federal aggression.

In sum, the 50 states then are sovereign countries just like Pakistan and Afghanistan.


From the Mike Church show.