Who Made the Federal Courts King?
by Michael Maharrey In an Aug. 25 Washington Times article titled Rebellion by states could be hazardous to health care overhaul, Wake Forest law professor Mark Hall once again illustrates why we shouldn’t call on lawyers to tell us anything about the Constitution, even though they like to wave their hands in the air screaming, [...]
Mission Accomplished in Libya? Not so Fast!
Are we better off as a nation by ignoring and debasing our Constitution? Even to remove dictators? NO says Ron Paul…
Judiciary Failure: Upholding Medicaid Expansion
Rob Natelson explains why the recent court ruling on Obamacare is yet another double-edged sword
Local Activism: More Bang for your Buck
Participation in state and local elections seems intuitive to me. It’s at these levels that one can have significant influence on both politics and decisions that affect daily life.
Uniformity? No Thanks!
Idaho Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General Briane Kane gets it all wrong on nullification. And federalism in general.
Breaking Free of our Shackles
Tom Woods at Nullify Now! Kansas City: “When our opinions change, regimes fall or change.”
Why Don’t We go Back to First Principles?
Against the affordable care act is the time-honored principle that “enough is enough.â€
What the Feds Fear the Most
Writes Tom Woods: “Today, political decentralization is gathering steam in all parts of the country, in the service of all sorts of good causes.”
The feds my protector? Non sequitur
The fact is governments do bad things. Local governments. State governments. National governments. The question becomes, how can we the people best control them?
Nullify the Fed! And Much More.
Article 1, Section 10 of the Constitution says, “No State shall… coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts.â€
Yet Another Court Voids Obamacare’s Insurance Mandates
Rob Natelson tells us about the good, bad, and ugly of the recent 11th Circuit ruling
They Don’t Want Us Doing This. We’re Doing It Anyway
Something significant is happening around the country. Plenty of informed people are beginning to make a stand in the name of a doctrine that the establishment despises. The idea is already reaching the general public.
Santorum and Obama: Two Peas in a Pod?
George Orwell is no doubt smiling down from the heavens after witnessing last night’s Republican “debate†in Ames, Iowa. Why, you might ask? This event featured more doublethink (if not hypocrisy) than any other in recent history.
Anti-Federalists, Federalists, and State Sovereignty
Regardless of their disagreements at the founding of our nation, even a perfunctory study of the participants in the historical events briefly outlined in this essay would unquestionably reveal that none of these men, from the fiercest federalist to the most ardent anti-federalist, could have anticipated the size and scope of the power wielded by the national government they once debated.
Just say “NO!” to unconstitutional federal overreach
what exactly is nullification? What are its origins and history? Can states really declare a law unconstitutional, and null and void within its borders?
The Patriot Act is Not Conservative
If Americans needed another reminder of why the Democratic Party is absolutely worthless, they got it during the Patriot Act extension debate when Senate Majority leader Harry Reid again behaved exactly like the Bush-era Republicans he once vigorously opposed.
The Lost Original Meaning of the Ninth Amendment
Obscured by the contemporary assumption that the Ninth Amendment is about rights while the Tenth Amendment is about powers, the historical roots of the Ninth Amendment can be found in the state ratification convention
This is What Real Republicanism Looks Like
Republicans to the left and to the right, but do any of them know the true meaning of republicanism under the Constitution? Learn about it here…
The Tenth Amendment and Phony Federalism
When there is a conflict between state sovereignty and conservative policies, their reverence for the 10th Amendment abruptly goes by the wayside.
Needed: Some Weed Eradication
Let the church be the church. Let charities administer charity. Let the states tend to matters of the state. And let the individual flourish, making her own mistakes and enjoying her own successes.
The Principles of Our Revolution
“a love of wealth, fostered by partial laws for enriching corporations and individuals, is allied to immorality and oppression, because it is gratified at the expense of industry, and diminishes its ability to work out national blessings.”
