Lawsuits are a Distraction
Jon Roland of Constitution.org had this to say about the lawsuits that AGs are filing on the health care bill There are a few minor things that might be won through litigation, if it were properly pleaded, but the suit filed is incompetent, little more than political posturing. The courts are not going to oppose [...]
ObamaCare or Federalism: There Can Be Only One
Being the statists that they are, it’s only natural Congress and the president should think simply passing and signing a bill makes it reality. But, in reality, a law with implications as vast as ObamaCare requires wholehearted state cooperation to implement. Cooperation unlikely to be soon forthcoming. Upwards of 30 states currently have plans to oppose [...]
Utah Governor Signs Law Nullifying Real ID
In 2005, the Republican-controlled Congress passed the “Real-ID Act” – which created national standards for driver’s license and identification cards. Opponents across the political spectrum have been resisting it for various reasons – it’s a privacy risk, is yet another unfunded mandate, and most importantly, the exercise of such federal power is not authorized by [...]
‘Militia’ Used as Manipulation
Mainstream media has recently reported the story of the alleged “Militia” group in Michigan which supposedly had plans of killing police officers as a sort of “freedom task”–in the name of Jesus Christ no less. In reality, “This is a group that [is] neither a militia [n]or a Christian group.”[1] This is not the first [...]
An Important Warning to Those Who Want Change in 2010!
In recent days, we’ve seen a great deal of media focus on episodes (real or imagined) of threats, verbal abuse, vandalism, and violence purportedly coming from opponents of “health care reform.” My guess is that much of this focus on how evil those opponents are marks the beginning of a deliberate political campaign looking toward [...]
Wasting Time with Negativity?
Here’s a “special interest” post that might lead to some fun ones in the future – not political per se, but something of interest from the Tenth Amendment Center inbox over the past week or so. I thought some people might be interested in this little back and forth I had by email with someone [...]
Idaho Legislature Passes the Firearms Freedom Act
The Idaho legislature has passed House Bill 589 (HB589), the Firearms Freedom Act. The Senate voted 27-7 and the House passed it by a vote of 53-15. Insiders expect Governor Otter to sign the bill soon, which would make the state the 6th to have pass the act into law – joining Montana, Tennessee, Utah, [...]
GOP Congressmen Admit Most Republicans Think Iraq War Was a Mistake
In a panel at the Cato Institute on conservatism and war, U.S. Reps. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) and John Duncan (R-Tenn.) revealed that the vast majority of GOP members of Congress now think it was wrong for the U.S. to invade Iraq in 2003.
Unconstitutional on its Face
Considering all of the legal ambiguity over national healthcare, not only is such a legal challenge necessary, it was fully expected by even Congress’s most ardent supporters of national healthcare because they knew they were wading into unchartered constitutional waters from the moment they pressed the yes button. Congress may be able to tax and [...]
Apparent Tug-of-War in Topeka over State Sovereignty
After over a year and two legislative sessions the Kansas Tenth Amendment Resolution (KTAR), SCR1615, was finally passed on March 29th. Some declared “victory” as the resolution was packaged and sent off to Washington D.C. Senator Mary Pilcher-Cook, the resolution’s number one sponsor and champion, said, “SCR1615 was the first step in claiming state sovereignty [...]
And the Government Wants to Disarm You?
This story has been slightly under the radar. The Department of No Education is buying shotguns for its police force. According to documentation, the Department of Education’s office of Inspector General ordered for delivery – probably this week sometime – 27 Remington 870 12-gauge shotguns with 14 inch barrels for officials in just two offices. [...]
The Bondage of Good Intentions
Editor’s note: I was copied on an e-mail exchange discussing spending and the national debt. I didn’t know many of the people on the cc’ list, so I didn’t want to push my opinion into their inboxes. However, I do think this is an important topic, so I thought I would post my thoughts here. [...]
