“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.”
Progressives who work to end individual rights violations committed by the NSA, FBI, DEA, CIA, and other federal agencies usually overlook, or even support, the routine violations of Americans’ rights by the IRS. For example, progressives rarely, if ever, speak out...
by David Gordon, Mises.org [How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution. By Richard A. Epstein. Cato Institute, 2006. xiii + 156 pages.] “Lochner-era jurisprudence” elicits a mindless sneer from most contemporary legal theorists. In Lochner v. New York...
by Jack Hunter In true Franklin Roosevelt-fashion, President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus, or what many are calling his own “New Deal,” is being applauded by supporters as bold and progressive. Few liberals have accused the president of dragging...