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Writes Mary Pilcher-Cook: “As James Madison specified in Federalist #45, the U.S. Constitution creates a federal government of specific listed powers, not one of wide-ranging and far-reaching power that usurps the state’s authority and the rights of the people.”
Liberty, Safety and the Constitution
The Framers never contemplated FISA, and I cannot conceive of Jefferson, Madison, or even Hamilton condoning it.
Crossing the Chasm to Freedom
At this time in history, freedom is once again a revolutionary product. And if we are going to take on our massive federal government and replace the socialism it is offering with true individual freedom, then we had better have a strategic plan that is designed to leverage our strengths to the maximum.
Will Florida Ban National Health Care?
On the heels of a successful state-level resistance to the 2005 Real ID Act, activists and state legislators alike are focusing their efforts on state governments as a way to resist new federal programs. The latest? Health Care.
Wyoming Governor Calls for 10th Amendment Resolution
Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal today transmitted the following memorandum and proposed resolution on state sovereignty to the Wyoming Legislature’s Management Council.
Something to be Proud of
“My friends, take heart. There is hope. Our nation is not yet gone – our youth are not all weak and ignorant. Encourage your children and grandchildren to become the new “Founders†of our time, to rebuild and restore the foundations the original founders built.”
Ohio Tenth Amendment Rally
“We will come together on August 1st specifically to support the Tenth Amendment and the State Sovereignty Resolutions currently working their way through the General Assembly in Ohio.”
The Original Meaning of an Omission
According to the theory of popular sovereignty, the people were presumed to retain all powers not expressly delegated away.
The Pincer Movement: Strategy for Activists
From Grassroots Central: “Forcing current and campaigning public officials to take a principled and public stand (yea or nay) on the 10th Amendment and the Enumerated Powers Act will flush officials out into the open about their dedication to the very document they swore to uphold.”
The American Revolution Revisted
The Sovereigns of each State have never ceded to the Federal government any power not granted to it by the US Constitution
Advocating an Aggressive State Sovereignty Agenda
As more and more of the important votes are being lost at the federal level, the fight will move to the state level and the question before our legislative leadership and the Governor will be about whether or not they will allow important states’ rights legislation to go forward.
Healthcare is a Good, Not a Right
Writes Ron Paul: “Politicians can be very good at making it sound as if healthcare will be free for everybody. Nothing could be further from the truth.”
Thomas J. DiLorenzo: Nullification
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, published author and senior fellow at the Mises Institute, discusses the principle of nullification as a devolution of power away from the central government into the hands of the state or the people, Thomas Jefferson and the Kentucky Resolves as resistance to the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798, ways nullification was put into practice all across the Union in the early days of the Republic and more…
Claiming Almost Everything is “Commerce”
One of the enumerated powers cited by advocates of the modern monster-state is the Commerce Power. This derives primarily from two sources…
The Battle Begins: ATF vs the Constitution
A line was drawn in the sand last week- a response by the Federal Government to the State of Tennessee and their assertion of sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution.
Interview with Tea Party Patriots Live
Phil Russo and Jason Hoyt of TeaPartyPatriotsLive.com (660 WORL-AM: Orlando, FL), interview Michael Boldin on the Florida’s Sovereignty Resolution, the Firearms Freedom Act, the Commerce Clause, and more.
The Origin of Power is the People
Wrote Elbridge Gerry: “the origin of all power is in the people, and that they have an incontestible right to check the creatures of their own creation”
Florida Senate to Consider State Sovereignty
“Now more than ever, state governments must exercise their Constitutional right to say no to the expansion of the federal government’s reckless deficit spending and abuse of power,†Senator Baker said. “With this resolution, our Legislature can send a message to Washington that our state’s rights must be respected.”
Is the Supreme Court Supreme?
If asked, who has the final say in our government on the meaning of the Constitution, most people would say, the Supreme Court, but it this right?
To Tax or Not to Tax, That is the Question
In 1819 U.S. Supreme Court decision “McCullough v. Maryland,” Chief Justice John Marshall wrote, “An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.”
Federal Reserve: Secrecy vs Independence
The only accountability the Federal Reserve has is ultimately to Congress, which granted its charter and can revoke it at any time. It is Congress’s constitutional duty to protect the value of the money, and they have abdicated this responsibility for far too long.
Palin Signs Alaska Sovereignty Resolution
On Friday, July 10th, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin signed House Joint Resolution 27 (HJR27), sponsored by State Rep. Mike Kelly. The resolution “claims sovereignty for the state under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States.”
