by Andrew P. Napolitano
July 2, 2026 - Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version of it put to a Boston
crowd in 1775 by the little-known colonial-era preacher with the famous uncle - Cotton Mather - addresses the age-old question of whether liberty can long survive in a democracy.













