Author Archive | Mike Maharrey

For Some, It’s Just a Constitution of Convenience

The Tea Party holds up Rep. Allen West as one of its darlings. But the Florida Republican consistently proves himself just as much an enemy of limited constitutional government as the Obama administration Tea Partiers so despise. West clings to a Constitution of convenience. West vocally supports detention provisions written into the National Defense Authorization [...]

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NDAA Detention Powers: The Battle Continues

The best way to ensure federal power remains check rests in the hands of state legislatures and executive officials. They must place roadblocks in the way of any federal agent attempting to exercise indefinite detention provisions written into the NDAA. State governments should follow James Madison’s admonition, do their duty and “interpose for arresting the progress of the evil.”

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Centralizing our way to Tyranny

In an article I published earlier this month, I looked at the mindset common to most big-government centralizers, pointing out that they believe themselves more intelligent and better able to run your life than you. Nowhere do we see this tendency toward arrogance more than in the field of economics. Ask virtually any politician or [...]

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