A Bright Idea: Less Litigation And More Interposition!
While favorable court rulings are welcome, even Supreme Court decisions should not be accepted as legitimate by state governments if such decisions uphold “laws” that clearly would have been rejected by the Constitution’s ratifiers.
Bob Bennett is not a Victim of Anti-Incumbent Fever
People involved in the tea party or campaign for liberty are not anti-government or anti-establishment as long as the government or establishment is committed to a federalist republic. News reports often fail to articulate this simple fact.Â
Hemp for Victory!
The Founding Fathers saw good promise in hemp and some even farmed it themselves. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington both grew hemp, and Benjamin Franklin owned one of America’s first paper mills that produced durable and long-lasting hemp paper
Due Process in Jeopardy
With its recent ruling in US v Comstock, the Supreme Court shows us that it takes liberty lightly
The Constitution Applies to Terrorists
The Constitution is a document that created the federal government, and in so doing, specified powers granted to and denied that entity. It does not apply to a person or group of people, but rather to the government itself.
Hubris: A Danger to the Tea Party Movement
Tea Party activists must remember that they are now playing in the Big Leagues. The latter-day Tories who control the federal government and most of the national media will exploit any available opening to discredit and destroy the movement.
What is the Constitution?
Although the U.S. Constitution provided for a large measure of democratic governance, the Founders knew that there could be too much of a good thing: After all, it was the democratic government of Athens that had killed Socrates. So they imposed law even on those officeholders that were democratically elected.
National ID and the Worst of Both Worlds
Why is the federal government so intent then on turning driver’s licenses into national or even international ID cards that merely come in 50 different state flavors? Do they really think they are fooling anyone?
Unnecessary Swamp-Dwelling
It had been said, “It’s hard to remember you’re there to drain the swamp when you’re armpit deep in alligators.â€
Three Deadly Weapons
In recent decades, Congress has assumed to itself undelegated powers never authorized by the Founders. They’ve done this through a twisting of three essential clauses of the Constitution
Liberty is not Just About Economics
If we tell people that freedom means the government staying out of the economy, they rightly think that the government should also stay out of their homes, personal lives, and bedrooms.
Free and Total Reign Over the States?
Relying on the Supreme Court to be an impartial player in intergovernmental disputes is like relying on your ex’s Mother to be your mediator in your divorce settlement.
Hijacking Thomas Jefferson
President Obama used Thomas Jefferson as a springboard to advocate for government power. There is little in the world more full of irony than a defense of big government using the mantle of Jefferson.
Civil Liberties in Obama’s America
When a left-liberal friend expresses disappointment with Obama’s war on the Bill of Rights, just note that it was inevitable. This is a party that is hostile to private property, the anchor of all individual liberties and rights, and enamored of the managerial central state, the greatest modern enemy of all liberties.
The FDA vs Raw Milk and the Constitution
There is no power granted to the federal government to ban the sales of raw milk. I’ve read the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and I never saw it mentioned in there. The very idea, by the way, would have seemed bizarre (and downright stupid) by our nation’s founders, many of whom actually operated farms and drank raw milk themselves.
The Consent of the Governed
Like the People, the States have the power and the responsibility to refuse to consent to Unconstitutional laws. We must all make sure that our own State officials are aware of this responsibility.
Endless Power and the Death of Freedom
The word “commerce†has wrongly been interpreted by the Supreme Court to cover every person that moves.
What is a Tenther?
There seems to be a bit of confusion of what it means to be a Constitutionalist or supporter of the Tenth Amendment (Both go hand in hand) and a Conservative. Let me explain my definition of both.
Beware: Confederate, Confederate, Confederate!!
Tom Woods responds to the pro-regime Lou Dubose in support of nullification, and his new book…Nullification!
Immigration, Foreign Affairs and the Constitution
Many “progressive” opponents of the Arizona immigration law are arguing that the law is unconstitutional because foreign affairs is exclusively the province of the federal government.
How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century
Regimists try to demonize the idea of nullification, as they attempt to demonize all ideas that undermine centralized power, but that is not scaring libertarians, Tea Party people, and other dissidents. Lew Rockwell interviews Tom Woods…
Beware the Stealth RINOS!
We voters have been suckers for too long. Federal politicians of today are, for the most part, intelligent, but disingenuous. They are great at dishing out rhetoric and spin, and they are most acutely skilled at avoiding substance as much as possible. It is marketing over substance.
