The Drug War vs the Bill of Rights
In America, our liberties our ostensibly protected by the U.S. Constitution and particularly the Bill of Rights. How much has the drug war compromised our Constitutional rights? Let us consider a countdown, starting with the Tenth Amendment and moving to First.
Enumerated Powers of States
In modern times, the federal government’s enumerated powers have been construed so broadly that one may be pardoned for asking if anything really has been reserved.
The Original Meaning of an Omission
According to the theory of popular sovereignty, the people were presumed to retain all powers not expressly delegated away.
Claiming Almost Everything is “Commerce”
One of the enumerated powers cited by advocates of the modern monster-state is the Commerce Power. This derives primarily from two sources…
The Enumerated Powers of States
Our Constitution created a federal government with only enumerated powers. All powers not listed were reserved to the states and people.
The Liberty Amendment
by Dr. Archie Jones, The American Vision No fundamental provision of the Constitution or the Bill of Rights is more neglected—or thoroughly violated—today than the Tenth Amendment. It is violated in spirit and in practice. Its violation is advocated implicitly and explicitly: in the teaching of American history and government, in legal theory, in what [...]
The Basics of Sound Government
by State Rep. Dick Harwood, Idaho-St. Maries It might seem strange that the Legislature is considering action to declare Idaho’s sovereignty under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. State sovereignty should be a given. Yet, it isn’t. “Change” is the latest buzzword in politics; that’s what President Obama campaigned for when he ran for [...]
Mississippi: Reinforcing the 10th Amendment
On March 5th, 2009, legislators in Mississippi introduced House Concurrent Resolution 69 (HC0069) to “reinforce the fundamental principle and authority of State Sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution…” Steven Palazzo is the principle author of the resolution along with 29 additional authors – find status updates here. Here’s the full text of the [...]
10th Amendment: Interview on One Radio Network
The Tenth Amendment Center’s Michael Boldin recently appeared on the OneRadioNetwork – to talk about the 10th Amendment – its real meaning and the founders intentions, the growing State Sovereignty movement, the Tenth Amendment Center, and the need for limited government. The interview is about 24 minutes, and you can listen by clicking the link [...]
Reasserting Sovereignty in South Dakota
Legislators in South Dakota have introduced House Concurrent Resolution 1013 (h/t R Rivers): “A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, Reasserting sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers and serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates.” Although just introduced, this resolution seems to have quite a [...]
A Tenth Amendment victory?
by Jason Pye, The Liberty Papers This may be the only time that President Obama doesn’t try to undermine the sovereignty of individual states granted by the Tenth Amendment, but I’ll take it:
Preparing For an Expansion Of Government
by State Rep. Jason Murphey (OK-31) Last Friday, I attended a meeting of House Republicans in order to elect new officers for the next session of the legislature. There were more representatives in the room than ever before as the people voted to elect sixty-one Republicans up from fifty-seven and chose not to remove a [...]
The Mother of all Bailouts and the 10th Amendment
by Savage Baptist, No Blog of Significance Look, here’s the text of the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Simple enough, ain’t it? If the Constitution [...]
Cut Government Down to Size!
by Clay Barham Easier said, but it can be done. It starts with the new CEO of the Federal Government, the President, telling all those who work for the Executive Branch there will be no more hiring, except for the military. That means when people die or retire, they will not be replaced by anyone [...]
There’s a Tenth Amendment?
Regular readers of this site recognize that the 10th amendment is forgotten (or ignored) in US government far more often then it’s invoked. That’s why the Tenth Amendment Center applauds the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, who recently declared “sovereignty” under the principles of the 10th.
The Constitution and the Right to Privacy
For a long, long time, we’ve heard people debate back and forth about whether or not there’s a “right to privacy” in the Constitution (and Bill of Rights). For an excellent lesson on this issue, see a classic article from Harry Browne:
Support the Enumerated Powers Act
From DownsizeDC.org: It’s time for Congress to “cite chapter and verse.” When they pass new laws or spend taxpayer money they should be required to point to the specific language in the Constitution that empowers that action. The “Enumerated Powers Act” would require them to do precisely that. Help us bring this bill to a [...]
Not Yours to Give: Limited Federal Powers
Guest Commentary by David Smith The concept of the Constitution of the United States is not to award unlimited Powers to the Federal Government or to Congress. See also the ideas expressed in Col. Crockett’s speech from my blog, “Not Yours To Give” from a few days ago. The idea is that the States were [...]
The Longest and Most Costly War in American History
If you are concerned at all about liberty, the economy, the Constitution and the power of the Federal Government – you cannot ignore our longest and most costly war – the War on Drugs. It’s now 35 years after Dick Nixon started this “war” -Â and we now have over 1 million – yes, 1 [...]
Waterboarding and the 10th Amendment
The debates over whether Waterboarding constitutes torture or not have been quite heated as of late. Democrats in the Senate have been saying they may not confirm Michael Mukasey as attorney general based on his unclear legal positions on the issue – but some key Dems are now saying that they will approve him.
NAFTA Expansion – It’s Still Unconstitutional
George Bush has formally presented an expansion of NAFTA to Peru. And, under FastTrack “rules,”Congress cannot amend the legislation. What does this mean? Well, it’s quite simple. Under Fast Track, the president has the authority to ignore the will of Congress in negotiating new trade agreements.
Why we have a Tenth Amendment
Guest Commentary by Dan Reale You can ask anybody what the first amendment prevents infringement upon. They might know about one thing, freedom of speech, but incorrectly, tell you we are granted freedom of speech. Even then, most miss the other four inalienable rights the Constitution limits the federal government from violating. Most are equally [...]
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