States to DC: Back Off!

When enough people stand up and say no to Washington D.C., and enough states pass laws backing their people up, it’s pretty difficult for the Federal Government to force their unconstitutional “laws,” regulations and mandates down our throats.
State Governments check Federal Power

Thomas Jefferson expressed the importance of binding the hands of the central government directly
The TSA Won’t Stop Itself. So The States Will.

Alaska and four other states are considering bills to stop what happened to Rand Paul this week.
What are they Actually Conserving These Days?

How many “conservatives” voted for TARP? How many voted for the Patriot Act? How many supported NDAA? How many voted to expand Medicare with a prescription drug program? How many show any real inclination to phase out Social Security?
The Heritage Solution: Beg and Plead

When the Feds violate the Constitution, just ask THEM to fix it? No thanks!
You don’t have ‘Constitutional Rights’

the subtle difference in the actual intent of the Bill of Rights and the common notion that it serves as the source of rights is extremely important.
Presidential Power, Explained.

Under our system of government, the powers of the federal government and the president are defined and limited by the Constitution.
“I love George Washington. Except for his Foreign Policy.”

Mike Maharrey wonders if Washington’s foreign policy ideas could get any traction in American politics today
Let’s Nullify War

The historical precedent for states asserting their autonomy with regards to their militias is compelling
Department of (do not) labor

Bureaucrats and politicians suffer from delusions of grandeur mixed with a healthy dose of arrogance.
Message to the FDA: “I Drink Raw Milk. Arrest Me!”

Exercising liberty: A real-world example of people choosing to be free. Without government permission, that is.
What America Wants

Americans have always distrusted concentrated power. Don’t believe it? Do a simple experiment.
Tenth Amendment ‘Terrorism’

Government will never be limited unless the citizens take matters into their own hands by resurrecting states’ rights
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, [...]
Uniformity? No Thanks!

Idaho Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General Briane Kane gets it all wrong on nullification. And federalism in general.
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?
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.




















