Constitution

The Preamble to the Constitution: What It Tells Us and What It Doesn’t

by Mike Maharrey | Jun 13, 2017 | Constitution, Constitution, Eleven Years, Preamble

For many Americans, knowledge of the Constitution begins and ends with the preamble. A lot of people probably even memorized it at some point in school. I suppose you could laud the educational system for at least acknowledging the existence of America’s...

This Week in History: The Philadelphia Convention Begins

by Dave Benner | May 18, 2017 | Constitution, Constitution, Constitutional Convention, Eleven Years, Founders

When delegates gathered in Philadelphia 230 years ago this week to consider changes to the structure of the general government, many prominent delegates brought plans to create a much stronger central authority, shifting power away from the states. However the...

Constitution 101: To “Provide for the Common Defense”

by Mike Maharrey | May 5, 2017 | Constitution, Constitution 101, Eleven Years, General Welfare Clause

Many people use the general welfare clause as their “the federal government can do anything and everything clause.” Others have turned the phrase “provide for the common defense” into a similar justification for federal overreach. Progressives tend to invoke the...

Due Process Is Vital to Freedom

by Judge Andrew Napolitano | Sep 22, 2016 | 5th Amendment, Constitution, Current Events, Eleven Years

“No person shall … be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…” — Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution The clash in American history between liberty and safety is as old as the republic itself. As far back as...

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...

No Federal Power over Guns, Even if the 2nd Amendment Never Existed

by Mike Maharrey | Jul 9, 2016 | 2nd Amendment, Constitution, Constitution, Eleven Years

Proponents of federal gun control have seized upon the most recent shooting to advance their agenda, predictably trotting out the same worn narratives. Chief among these we find the argument that the Second Amendment was only intended to protect a “corporate” right of...

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The 10th Amendment

“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.”

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