Parchment Barriers: Not Enough to Stop Tyranny
All written contracts, whether constitutions or not, are impotent in their ability to bind authorities without some form of enforcement mechanism.
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Starve the Beast: How States Can Take on the IRS
In the long-run, any plan for limiting the federal government to the enumerated powers of the Constitution must consider the 800-pound gorilla in the room. That is, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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America Needs a “Come To Tenther” Moment, and Soon
Although presidents have changed, our position remains the same: “The Constitution. Every issue, every time. No exceptions, no excuses.”
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REAL ID: The Case for State Resistance
Over the last several months, the federal government has ratcheted up pressure on states to comply with REAL ID. But despite federal bullying, states should continue to resist this intrusive national ID program for three important reasons.
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States Should Help Bring Down Obamacare
States can and should help end Obamacare whether Congress does their job, or not.
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James Madison: Four Steps to Stop Federal Programs
Writing in Federalist #46, James Madison provided a 4-step strategy to bring down federal programs, whether they’re merely unpopular, or unconstitutional.
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Let’s Fight Tyranny
The federal government should not be permitted to determine the scope of its own powers.
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Presidential Politics: A Failed Strategy for Liberty
If centralization is the problem, then decentralization is the solution.
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Are Term Limits A Solution?
The main fallacy of term limits: it presumes the problem is the people in government, and not the government itself.
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The Fight for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Is Never Over
The 2nd Amendment will never be “over” as long as people willing to exercise their rights in states, counties, cities, and neighborhoods.
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A State Check on the Supreme Court?
Do American have any recourse at all when the Supreme Court oversteps its constitutional authority? A leading constitutional scholar has a new paper that says yes.
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The Power of the Oath and Holding Them to It
A lot of people like to think of the Constitution is a dead letter. This ignores the power it still has in influencing oath-takers to ignore unconstitutional federal actions. But the Constitution cannot enforce itself. People must impose consequences when it is violated.
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