That's what Thomas Jefferson would be celebrating today. Unlike so many Americans, he would not be celebrating the American empire, with its "unitary executive," swarms of tax-collecting bureaucrats, its militarization of society, protectionism, economic fascism, suspension of habeas corpus, domestic spying, etc., etc. The Hamiltonian republic that we now live under, which is celebrated by the liberal/left and neocons alike, is the opposite of Jefferson's dream of an "empire of liberty."