Archive for November, 2010

We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Permission!

We Don't Need No Stinkin' Permission!

We need to exercise our rights whether they the government want us to or not.


The TSA, Interposition and the Spirit of 1809

The TSA, Interposition and the Spirit of 1809

“Our Constitution encourages local governments to stand up when the federal government goes too far..These naked X-ray machines..constitute an unreasonable search,” which violates the Fourth Amendment.


Faulty premise – wrong answer

Faulty premise - wrong answer

You see, if you start with a flawed premise, you will always come up with the wrong answer.


Stop Worrying about Words on Paper

Stop Worrying about Words on Paper

Words mean nothing. Popular sentiment means everything.


Prop. 19 Goes up in Smoke

Prop. 19 Goes up in Smoke

Passage of such a law would open a can of worms for federal authority and bring back the idea of a people’s nullification.


Nullification: A Lesson from Massachusetts History

Nullification: A Lesson from Massachusetts History

The philosophical ideas that would give rise to the protections granted in the Tenth Amendment were present before the Revolutionary War even started.


The Lone Star State’s Opportunity

The Lone Star State's Opportunity

Will Texas take a stand? In 2011, it’ll be the first state to consider the Federal Health Care Nullification Act.


View of the Constitution of the United States

View of the Constitution of the United States

St. George Tucker’s View of the Constitution of the United States was the first extended, systematic commentary on the Constitution after it had been ratified by the people of the several states and amended by the Bill of Rights.


Reclaiming Commerce

Reclaiming Commerce

For decades, using a tortured definition of “interstate commerce,” Congress has claimed the authority to regulate, control, ban, or mandate virtually everything


The Original Constitution: Roadmap to Restoration

The Original Constitution: Roadmap to Restoration

“Whether ‘We the People’ want our real Constitution back is ultimately for us to decide.” There is no disputing that.


“Unconstitutional Law” is an Oxymoron

"Unconstitutional Law" is an Oxymoron

The Tenth Amendment prohibits the federal government from interfering with a state’s decision to either allow or prohibit the cultivation, distribution or use of marijuana within its own boundaries (case law involving the Commerce Clause notwithstanding).


The Founders Wanted Big Government? I Object.

The Founders Wanted Big Government? I Object.

Were the Framers “nationalists” who all along, despite their own words to the contrary, secretly intended to establish in the original Constitution a federal leviathan?


Bridging the Political Chasm

Bridging the Political Chasm

In an era of increasing political divisiveness, perhaps citizens embracing widely varied political ideologies can find a rallying spot and common ground around the Constitution, the 10th Amendment and the political processes brilliantly devised by our founders.


Lessons of Lexington, 1775

Lessons of Lexington, 1775

“I will accept no compromise with those who would abuse any portion of the Constitution”


More Republican Pledge Hypocrisy

More Republican Pledge Hypocrisy

Republicans are such hypocrites that even while they preach smaller and less intrusive government they pass legislation to increase the size and scope of government.


What does it really mean?

What does it really mean?

While Republicans trumpet their victory, they would do well to ground themselves in an important reality. This election was not a ringing endorsement of the GOP. It was instead a repudiation of progressive ideology.


They Don’t Teach This in School

They Don't Teach This in School

The various commissars who have taken it upon themselves to ensure that no one strays from officially approved opinion — or to appropriately scold anyone who in fact does so — have become apoplectic at the return of nullification.


Election Results: A Boost to Big Government

Election Results: A Boost to Big Government

There is no lesser of evils between the two major parties.


We Cannot Quietly Submit

We Cannot Quietly Submit

don’t sit still for this. It’s not right, and you know it’s not right. It’s not lawful, and you know it’s not lawful. It’s mass insanity, and you know it’s mass insanity.