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:
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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 [...]
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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 [...]