State of Revolution

by Jack Hunter While even sympathetic observers will admit that the current 10th amendment revival is a reaction to the new Democratic president, resolution sponsors are making special efforts to point out the constitutional, not partisan, intention of their efforts....

Recrossing the Rubicon

by Brad Berner “Experience [has] shown that, even under the best forms [of government], those entrusted with power have, in time and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” –Thomas Jefferson, 1779 In the aftermath of 9/11 the Bush administration and...

U.S. to yield marijuana jurisdiction to states?

by Bob Egelko, SF Chronicle U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is sending strong signals that President Obama – who as a candidate said states should be allowed to make their own rules on medical marijuana – will end raids on pot dispensaries in California....