Obama Blusters, Brewer Begs. When will Someone Grow a Spine?
Isn’t it time that Governors and state Attorneys General stopped wasting our precious time and money playing these silly legal games, grow a spine, and actually fulfill the oath they took to support and defend the Constitution, including the Tenth Amendment?
The Halifax Resolves and the American Tradition
First, there was the Halifax Resolves. Then there was the Declaration of Independence.
Are All Governments Socialist?
When it comes to governments, it’s not a question of if, but of how much
Getting Confused by Nicknames, Old and New
The task of patriots today is to do everything in their power to defeat the advocates of consolidated government
Is the Repeal Amendment What We Need?
“It is important to strengthen the State governments, and as this cannot be done by change in the Federal Constitution, it must be done by States themselves” -Thomas Jefferson
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.
EduJobs Bill Further erodes Federalism
In typical spaghetti bowl approach the national government has found a way to tie three seemingly different areas into a single bill easily marketed as a way to help teachers and children across the country. Who would not want to help teachers and children?
State Sovereignty: A Tool to Protect Freedom
The Founders knew that if permitted, the federal government would transgress the limits of the constitution, and, as Thomas Jefferson remarked, “[annihilate] the state governments and erect upon their ruins a general consolidated government.”
Even those who disagreed agreed on federalism
Maintaining government over the daily concerns of people at the lowest level possible was necessary for self-government to thrive and kingly government to have no place in the future of the United States.
On Thought Control and Same Sex Marriage
“In the debate over whether to legalize gay marriage, both sides are missing the point. Why should the government be in the business of decreeing who can and cannot be married?”
Only Our State Legislatures Can Save Us Now!
When we look at the source of the problem, most every problem in America today stems from a failure to respect and understand sovereignty: national, state, local and individual.
Is Social Security Constitutional?
the Court re-wrote the Constitution from the bench and handed Congress almost unlimited power to tax and spend so long as it cites the general welfare provision as the constitutional authority for the legislation.
Interposition is the cousin of nullification
The two cousins of interposition and nullification stand upon the 10th Amendment as a protective defense against oppressive usurpation and attempts to end federalism.
Gulf Crisis Exposes Failures of Centralized Power
After 100 years of ignoring this division of power, we are faced with a daunting task; but our country cannot continue to be the land of the free without decentralization.
When the Buck Stops with the President, People Lose
Every president between Truman and Obama have told the people the President is where the buck stops when it comes to most anything. They’re wrong.
Rachel Maddow: Partisan Hack?
Hers is a common view amongst statists really – the impression that ‘Federal decree’ is the only way to keep all of us human animals from enslaving and/or exploiting each other. Our founding fathers had a different idea…
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€
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.
The Will of the People, the Power of the States
It might be plausible that soon we can all confidently say, “All politics are local†and you may truly have the ability to “vote with your feet.†If the majority of a state wants it, let it be – let them say yes. If they do not, let it be – let them say nay and adopt the doctrine of nullification.
Federalism and Social Justice
The Constitutional solution for social justice champions would be to implement their programs at the state level. The founder’s knew that different regions would have different needs and priorities, so they did two things.
Gunning Down the Constitution
The Bill of Rights was never intended to be a list of individual rights, but a list of things the federal government could not do.
Unseating the Olympians
The existence of an ideologically controlled one-party type apparatus within the Federal science and educational establishment is the classically predicted effect when a government dispenses funds, controls individual careers, and thereby controls ideas.
Our Goal is Federalism, not “States’ Rights”
Freedom is not outdated, federal government is an agreement among the people of different sovereign states, the 10th Amendment has never been repealed, and virtue is still necessary for securing our posterity’s future rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Federalism: The Early Years
In 1798, Thomas Jefferson gave us a timeless message which was a reminder that “we the people†are ultimately in charge, not the federal government. The federal government derives its power from the people.
