“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.”
by State Rep. Dennis Richardson (OR-4th) “I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” –James Madison In recent...
by Jeff Matthews One of the things most abhorrent to us sovereignty-seekers is the incredible amount of bloat in Washington, D.C. While some of us are coming around to seeing that Washington, D.C. is killing this country on a non-partisan basis, the following chart...
by Brinn Clayton I propose the United States of America change its name to the Federalized States of America, or better yet the Coerced States of America. We should either make this change or return to a literal reading of the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of...
by State Rep. Jason Murphey (OK-31) Recently, the Oklahoma House of Representatives once again voted to support a House Resolution authored by state Rep. Charles Key, which sends a message to the federal government regarding states’ rights. This is Key’s second...
by Clarence B. Carson, The Freeman Originally published in January, 1983 Several developments have contributed to making the meaning of federalism obscure. Some are old, some recent. Some may be more or less innocent; others are destructive of federalism itself. One...