Looking to the Inside
Are You Finally Ready To Trust Your Conscience? Most politicians are not bad people, but the system has a way of chewing them up and spitting them out. Once in the system, they learn to play the game and almost always compromise their integrity when it can be justified and even sometimes when it cannot. [...]
A Look at the Heritage Guide to the U.S. Constitution
Here is my latest book review from THE NEW AMERICAN. The Federalist Society has compiled a “Conservative & Libertarian Legal Scholarship: Annotated Bibliography” to collect what they deem to be the best legal analysis of every aspect of American law. Their recommended reading for constitutional law contains the following advice: “The Heritage Foundation has published [...]
Exciting Things Are Happening In Virginia
Last night I spoke at a gathering of activists hosted by FreedomWorks in Richmond, VA. The crowd was impressive, more than 130 people on a Thursday night were packed into the basement of a bar in Shockoe Bottom. They weren’t there to see me of course, former House majority leader, Dick Armey, was the headliner. [...]
Ignorant Politicians
Seems redundant, doesn’t it? But as far as the Constitution goes, that’s just what we have in D.C. – on both sides of the political aisle. At least some of the politicos are having to pay some lip service to Constitutionality these days, as seen in this recent article in the Washington Times. Here’s what [...]
A States’ Rights Governor in Georgia
Ray McBerry is running for Governor of Georgia solely on a 10th Amendment platform – here’s his first TV ad: Find more videos like this on GeorgiaFirst.Org
Limiting Power is Racist?
That’s what opponents of the Constitution would like you to believe – if you oppose massive government expansion, you must be some out-of-control racist nutcase. Like in this video: Josh Eboch has written a number of good articles on this particular election race of late: http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/10/27/the-left-vs-the-tenthers-on-getting-states-rights-wrong/ http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/10/virginia-progressives-are-getting-nervous/ http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/10/virginias-ken-cuccinelli-will-be-a-much-needed-friend-of-the-tenth-amendment/
Liars, Thieves, Kidnappers, and Murderers
No, I am not referring to some mafia family, I am referring to your federal government. There are a lot of similarities between between those in charge in Washington DC, compared with the worst mafias in history. There are several enterprises that any mafia partakes in; drug trafficking, arms trafficking, loan sharking, control of contracting, [...]
Three Crimes, and Three Crimes Only
The Constitution specifies only three federal crimes-treason, piracy, and counterfeiting. So whether you think performing OR preventing an abortion is a crime – it’s still something that the federal government is not authorized to deal with. State Constitutions in California, Connecticut and elsewhere have a greater protection for the ability to have an abortion than [...]
Popular Obamacare Analogies
Obama supporters come in all shapes and sizes, but none more socially powerful than the iconic Oprah Winfrey. Last week Oprah did a segment on Denmark, perhaps in a bid to pump up support for Obamacare. The people of Denmark are said to have some of the highest numbers recorded in terms of citizen satisfaction [...]
The Real Solution
Writes Marc Stevens: The people who run and support the health care system who don’t want the government takeover just have to refuse to cooperate with the people calling themselves “government”. That’ll send Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid a short, but effective message: Pass whatever “law” you want – we won’t comply. Impose your [...]
Nullifying National Health Care in Kansas
This Tuesday, 10-27-09, Kansas State Senator Mary Pilcher-Cook and other state legislators will be announcing a “Kansas Health Care Freedom Amendment” – a proposal for a state constitutional amendment that would effectively nullify national health care in that state. (h/t Jeff Matthews) Already, four states are considering similar amendments, and more than 15 may see [...]
States’ Rights and the Left
From March, 2009 – but worth another look:
There Are Two Sides, Which One Are You On?
Forget everything you know about politics. Forget the age old story about the Democrats and the Republicans, where one side is good and the other side are a bunch of America hating vats of pure evil. Forget about the left vs right debate, forget about conservative vs liberal. At this stage in the game, there [...]
A Thug in a Suit
Before this week, I had never heard Senator Charles Grassley speak – on anything. In the last few days, though, I’ve been sent a number of emails about him being a “strong 10th Amendment supporter.” Skeptical of any Senator in DC actually supporting the Constitution in a meaningful way, I browsed around YouTube and found [...]
Virginia Progressives Are Getting Nervous
The Virginia elections are mere weeks away, and few things have warmed my heart recently quite so much as this ringing-yet-unintentional endorsement of Ken Cuccinelli for attorney general. From a blog post at the James River Maven titled Ken Cuccinelli: You Better Believe Him: Ken Cuccinelli… intends to use the [attorney general's] office to turn [...]
Pay Up. Or Else.
On the nature of government, few in history have really hit the nail on the head better than the late, great Austrian, Ludwig von Mises: The government says to the citizen, Pay taxes or my armed constables will imprison you. A state or a government is an apparatus of coercion and compulsion. Within the territory [...]
Freedom to Withdraw Your Consent
A tyranny begins when power is unchecked. The federal government is becoming more tyrannical everyday that the people and the states don’t defend their rights. The shift has occurred because the check on federal power, largely responsible by state governments; has been trampled, bribed, threatened, or manipulated by those in power. One should never forget [...]
John Dennis: Challenging Nancy Pelosi
John Dennis is running for the US House of Representatives in California’s 8th District. Yes, that’s Nancy Pelosi’s seat. Mr Dennis takes a strong stand in support of the limits on government that the Constitution stands for. In this spirit, he’s signed on to our 10-4 Pledge. The pledge affirms, in part, that: [...]
North Carolina Voters Just Don’t Know What’s Good for Them
In a display of arrogance and racial bigotry shocking even for this administration, President Obama’s Justice Department recently invalidated the will of an overwhelming majority of voters in Kinston, NC, who desired to make local elections non-partisan. From the Washington Times: The Justice Department’s ruling, which affects races for City Council and mayor, went so [...]
Going the Way of Rome
Yesterday’s article by Ron Paul was so good I felt it deserved another look. Here’s an excerpt: Today, Washington politicians can busily “solve” one problem, knowing that unintended consequences from that “solution” will keep them and their friends all very busy tomorrow. The people are ultimately left suffocating under the burden of Washington’s helping hands. [...]
The Battle To Restore Sovereignty To Colorado
The Bill of Rights of The Constitution protects your right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness by telling the government what they can’t do. There is one amendment that specifically limits the powers of the federal government over your life. This amendment keeps the federal government confined to the Constitution of the United [...]
The 10-4 Pledge: Scraping Away Political Teflon
Many times in the world of political struggle, promises are made without disclosure of an ulterior motive. Not so with the Tenth Amendment Center’s 10-4 Pledge and many are already picking up on what this new tool means for the republic. Last week, Rusty Richter, a state candidate in Michigan, became one of the latest [...]
