So it Begins
Nullification is here. Tentative and inconsistent, but it’s here. Missouri Over 2/3 of voters elect to reject Federally mandated health care insurance. The White House official response was that this is irrelevant. California 7,000,000 votes negated by 1 politician, masquerading as a judge. The law had nothing to do with the ruling. Arizona Self defense [...]
The Jeffersonian Position
From Thomas Jefferson: Writings (Library of America, 1984), pp. 1056–1057 is a January 26, 1799 letter from Jefferson to Edbridge Gerry (inventor of “gerrymandering”) explaining his political philosophy: “I do then, with sincere zeal, wish an inviolable preservation of our present federal constitution, according to the true sense in which it was adopted by the [...]
Unauthorized Thoughts
This weekend I had another chance to appear on Freedom Watch on the FOX Business Network (which you may get without realizing it, so check) for a brief segment on nullification. I appeared immediately after Karl Rove [!], who said state resistance to the federal government was fine by him as long as it was [...]
VA Senator McEachin: The 10th Amendment has been “Deemed” Unconstitutional
From Henrico Senator, Donald McEachin, and courtesy of the Richmonder blog, comes the latest flaccid attempt to cast the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as alternately “unconstitutional”, “illegal” and “neo-confederate”. It seems McEachin is perturbed by Gov. McDonnell’s recent decision not to publicly confirm or deny the fact that sovereign states have the power to judge [...]
The Mises Circle: Nullification
Recorded 26 July 2010 in Auburn, Alabama. Includes an introduction by Douglas E. French, and the presentation of the 2009 George F. Koether Free-Market Writing Award to Dr. Woods by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. [44:53] “One thing that our opposition understands is the word “disobey” – because that could get out of control for them. [...]
Gay Marriage and Immigration
I have many problems with the US constitution, but it is the legal regime we are told we live under. Marriage, to take one example, is mentioned nowhere in the constitution, and therefore is no business of the federal congress, the federal courts, nor any other arm of the DC leviathan. The feds, according to [...]
Diverse Groups Call for DEA to End Medical Marijuana Raids
Tenth Amendment Center, Firedoglake Publisher Join Drug Policy Organizations’ Condemnation of Recent Raids WASHINGTON — Two ideologically diverse advocates last week echoed an earlier call by a coalition of drug-policy reform groups by condemning a series of recent raids by the Drug Enforcement Administration on medical marijuana collectives that were operating legally under state law. [...]
Your Choice: Thomas Jefferson or the Status Quo
When I appeared before hundreds of members of the Iowa GOP late last June on the eve of the state party convention and received a standing ovation from throngs of party loyalists, I knew the business-as-usual crowd would be annoyed. I had just finished explaining that if we are serious about limiting government, as opposed [...]
The Constitution is Dangerous to Incumbents
Writes Tim Shoemaker at the Campaign for Liberty: Watch this video clip from a town hall in Pete Stark’s district (CA-13). The crowd voiced their disapproval when he states: “The federal government can do most anything in this country…”
Tom Woods – The States’ Duty to Nullify
Professor Woods explains the Jeffersonian way to limit the federal government to its Constitutional authority. via www.LibertyPen.com
Ron Ramsey on the 10th Amendment
Ron Ramsey for Tennessee Governor 2010 – Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey speaks of his commitment to support the 10th Amendment.
Discussion: Original Jurisdiction
All of the information below is referenced by Publius-Huldah’s Blog, which uses it to conclude, ONLY the US Supreme Court has Constitutional Authority to Conduct the Trial of the Case Against Arizona & Governor Brewer. US Constitution, Article 3, Section 2 In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall [...]
Servants or Masters?
I am an American. I am a disabled Vietnam veteran. I mention that for a couple of reasons. Being a veteran has deeply magnified my appreciation to live in the greatest country in the world. As a veteran I did take an oath to serve and protect the Constitution of the greatest country in the [...]
Federal Judge Allows 10th Amendment Obamacare Suit to Proceed
Writes Ilya Somin at Volokh: Federal District Judge Henry Hudson’s opinion refusing to dismiss Virginia’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Obama health care plan has several interesting aspects. The suit focuses primarily on a challenge to the “individual mandate” element of the plan, which requires most American citizens and legal residents to purchase a [...]
The Political Inquisition Begins
If this article doesn’t frighten you, it’s probably because you aren’t doing anything that really threatens to limit big government. As I read this article, a sinking feeling started to develop in the pit of my stomach. Is this what happens when patriotic citizens and state legislators begin to actually challenge entrenched RINOs and upset [...]
The Power to Create is not the Power to Enforce
The commerce clause is being used to by the federal government to regulate the economic aspect of our lives. It claims it has the right to establish laws that regulate how businesses conduct themselves. This is not correct because the commerce clause was always meant to break down trade barriers that states may attempt to [...]
House Resolution introduced reaffirming federalism
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional 10th Amendment Task Force last week introduced a House Resolution, reaffirming Congress’ commitment to the principle of federalism and the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The resolution specifically calls for “real decentralization of power” and recognizes that “the cause of liberty demands that government should be made accountable again [...]
What category do you fall into?
I think the problem is that most of the people in the tea party movement are not true believers in liberty. They are neo-con statist Republicans. They are also ignorant of the meanings of the words and quotes they use.Remember, I say all this as a founding member of the Orlando Tea Party and someone [...]
