by Clarence B. Carson, Fee.org Several developments have contributed to making the meaning of federalism obscure. Some are old, some recent. Some may be more or less innocent; others are destructive of federalism itself. One of these that may be more or less innocent is the habit of referring to the United States government as [...]
Tag Archives | State Sovereignty
Feds violated 10th Amendment. Again.
As It Stands by Dave Stancliff/For the Eureka Times-Standard A landmark decision for all Californian’s quietly made history on August 20th in a Santa Cruz courtroom. For the first time since 1996, when the Compassionate Use Act was passed, the federal authorities have been charged with violating the 10th Amendment for harassing medical marijuana patients [...]
Were the States Sovereign Nations?
by Brian McCandliss, LewRockwell.com A defining – but so far unasked – question regarding the Civil War is the political status of the states: specifically, was the “United States of America” indeed, as our popular Pledge of Allegiance claims, “one nation, indivisible?” Or was it, rather, a union of sovereign nations, bound only to each [...]
Oklahoma: Standing up for State Sovereignty
by Rich Hand As usual, Walter Williams hits the nail on the head. This article references a referendum introduced in the state legislature of Oklahoma to put the Federal government on notice that it has over stepped its bounds based on the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The founders would have never been [...]
Can We Ever Return to the 10th Amendment?
Guest Commentary from Constitution Daily General George H. Thomas earned himself the nickname The Rock of Chickamauga after his defense of September 20, 1863 saved the Union Army from annihilation. The battle of Chickamauga was a Confederate victory, but the losses to the South were enormous. General Thomas’ determination to protect the Union retreat saved [...]
A Rebellion Brewing in Oklahoma
by Walter E. Williams One of the unappreciated casualties of the War of 1861, erroneously called a Civil War, was its contribution to the erosion of constitutional guarantees of state sovereignty. It settled the issue of secession, making it possible for the federal government to increasingly run roughshod over Ninth and 10th Amendment guarantees. A [...]
States Rights Alive in California
Gay Marriage, Medical Marijuana, the Environment and more. For many years, presidents have been assuming more and more power for themselves and for the federal government, but California has been taking the lead recently in the battle for States Rights against this growth Federal power. Thomas Elias notes this trend in his recent Pasadena Star-News [...]
Power Always Corrupts
Back in ’99, even George Bush himself was calling for an end to the war on medical marijuana users. It’s not something that’s pointed out too often these days, and thanks to Anthony Gregory at LewRockwell.com, we can all read these statements from Bush himself.
Restraining Tyranny
As all major politicians move more and more towards centralization as the solution to virtually every problem in this country, there’s no greater need to start looking back to America’s founding principles of state sovereignty, argues Clay Barham at PopulistAmerica.com
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The Tenth Amendment and the Joy of Federalism
Guest Commentary from VirginiaConservative (or I don’t care how they do things in Massachusetts). Ask someone what is the most important amendment to the constitution. If he were a liberal, he would likely answer “the right to free speechâ€, the 1st.  If he were a conservative, he would likely answer “the right to keep and [...]