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Federal Bureaucrats: Agents of Constitutional Chaos

by gary wood | Jul 29, 2016 | Bureaucracy, Federal Agencies

When we think about unconstitutional federal overreach, we tend to focus on Congress, the president and the Supreme Court. But unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats staffing countless agencies like the DEA, FDA and the FCC arguably create just as much constitutional...

The Ninth and Tenth Amendments: Keystones of Liberty

by gary wood | Jul 14, 2016 | 10th Amendment, 9th Amendment, Constitution, Constitution 101, Eleven Years, Founding Principles

The founding generation created a political system that carefully divided powers and that was designed to ensure the general government remained limited in its scope and power. That system has all but vanished, but two oft-ignored and misunderstood provisions in the...

Federal Law is Always Supreme. Right?

by gary wood | Jan 15, 2010 | Constitution, Federalism, Supremacy Clause

Those who eye a nationalist agenda, desiring to finally complete the subjugation of states to mere mid-management levels, have long embraced the notion states are subordinate while the federal government is always supreme. This idea has been presented long enough many...

Federal Bureaucrats: Agents of Constitutional Chaos

The Ninth and Tenth Amendments: Keystones of Liberty

Federal Law is Always Supreme. Right?

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