Minnesota “Dreaming”
Steve Timmer, the attorney who posted the video embedded below on YouTube, mocks Tenthers, like Sue Jeffers, talk radio host and candidate for Minnesota State Senate, Krysia Weidell, for advocating nullification. Yet he fails to offer a single convincing argument against nullification. He instead attempts to abuse them, rather than refute them. He loosely paraphrases Andrew Jackson, saying [...]
The Evil, Radical 10th Amendment
That’s how it’s being portrayed by the media, and the candidates. Standing up for the constitution, as I always say, every issue every time no exceptions no excuses – is extreme in the 2010 election climate. See this article in the Sun Chronicle about a candidate getting slammed for signing our 10th Amendment pledge:
GOP: Cut Whaling History Subsidies, Save Nation
House Republican Whip Eric Cantor’s “YouCut” project has released a new video that attempts to visually underscore the impropriety of sticking future taxpayers with a mountain of federal debt. The video begins with a voice saying “You wouldn’t do this to your child’s piggy bank” followed by visuals of a child’s piggy bank being smashed with [...]
Political Correctness at Monticello
I went on a tour of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home, yesterday with some friends. It had been a long time since I had visited The Great Man’s home, and I fully expected to be exposed to a strong dose of political correctness, which now pervades all of American society. It didn’t take long before the [...]
A scholarly look at commerce and the Constitution
Robert Natelson did extensive research on the meaning of the word “commerce” in relation to the expanded interpretation of the Constitution’s commerce clause favored by progressive legal thinkers. He scoured 17th and 18th century case law, legal works and legal dictionaries, as well as lay usage of the word. His research showed commerce was almost [...]
Charlie Dent vs the Constitution of the United States
“Mr. Dent, as a 20-year career politician, you have sworn an oath to protect the U.S. Constitution multiple times. This document with its 9th and 10th amendments greatly limits the powers of the federal government. I believe you have broken your oath innumerable times, but in the spirit of debate, can you please explain where [...]
The pig is dead
The great anthropologist Joseph Campbell said one of the legendary moments in the spirit life of America was when the Lakota shaman, Black Elk, turning and pointing north to northwest, said to the poet Flaming Rainbow, “There is the center of the world.” Then he said, “but wherever you are is the center of the [...]
McConnell has it about half right
Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell jumped on the bandwagon and joined the chorus calling for the federal defunding of NPR in the wake of the summary firing of news analyst Juan Williams for making a controversial statement about Muslims. “I’ve voted to cut their funding in the past, and will again,” McConnell said in a statement. [...]
Another Tenth Amendment Task Force Critique
Connor Boyack, of the Utah Tenth Amendment Center, recently submitted his article, Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing? This article supplements his based on a recent experience and opportunity to meet with Congressman, John Culberson, of Houston. The event was the Institute of Hispanic Culture’s annual gala, a formal, black tie event hosted in one of Houston’s [...]
Tom Woods on Nullification, this November at the Mises Academy
Writes J. Grayson Lilburne: The Mises Academy is pleased to announce Nullification: A Jeffersonian Bulwark Against Tyranny, a four-week, online course with Thomas E. Woods, starting November 16. From the description: Nullification, the Jeffersonian mechanism of state resistance to unconstitutional acts of the U.S. government, has returned to the news in recent years, and is the subject [...]
The Two-Party Plague continues in Minnesota
In Minnesota, when we have political debates, such as in Duluth, and Grand Rapids, we only see candidates that are from the Donkey and Elephant regimes, one trying to out do the other buying the most votes. The above mentioned debates were sponsored by Debate Minnesota, which boasts a board member lineup of Donkeys and [...]
Chevy Volt — The Government’s Car
Here is a short but energetic editorial on Investors Business Daily about the Volt fraud at Government Motors. Make sure you look at the photo showing the smiling, phony Bureaucrats and Michigan Monarchs who, thanks to the average Dufus Americanus, can easily turn your enslavement into a fuzzy photo-op. We heard GM’s then-CEO Fritz Henderson claim [...]
Bashing Some Zombies
I wrote this article the other day in response to a zombie attack from Media Matters, the left-wing commissar-enforcer hypochondriac site. It applies equally to another commissar, Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress, who likes to quote 15-year-old statements against me that obviously have nothing to do with my work or what I believe. Fifteen years ago I was [...]
Health care plan violates 10th Amendment
A pretty obvious title for regular readers of this blog. But, good nonetheless. We’re grateful for the editors over at the Lexington Herald-Leader for giving some op-ed space to Kentucky TAC coordinator Michael Maharrey, and in limited space, I think he put together a fantastic article. Here’s an excerpt: Progressives argue that the power to [...]
Public’s View of Federal Workers
A poll released this week by the Washington Post found that 52 percent of Americans think federal workers are overpaid and 49 percent said they thought federal workers work “less hard” than private sector workers. Also, 75 percent said that federal workers receive better pay and benefits than similar private sector employees. Post columnist Joe Davidson says the [...]
When Zombies Attack!
Please take a moment to read and share the latest Tenth Amendment Newsletter at this link – http://conta.cc/bOI8Xw Here’s an excerpt: The so-called progressives and statists are on the attack again. They don’t like that our movement to say NO to unconstitutional “laws” and regulations is gaining steam, either. They lie, they make personal attacks, [...]
The Civil War Decided What?
I found a recent comment posted on my Herald-Leader op-ed addressing the constitutionality of the federal insurance mandate illustrative. Bill Adkins writes, “The 10th Amendment question was decidedly resolved by the Civil War. And Supreme Court precedent supports the authority of the federal gov’t in this instance and so many others.” I’ve already addressed the notion [...]
Woods’ Law #2
The “progressive” Left always prefers a neoconservative to an antiwar libertarian. That’s Woods’ Law #2. They can overlook the support for war, the centralization of power (what “progressive” would disagree with that these days?), the encroachments on civil liberties. That’s all fine and dandy. But someone who opposes the initiation of violence against peaceful people? [...]
Dr. Kevin Gutzman Gives a Great Speech
Dr Gutzman is one of the biggest impacts on my understanding of the Constitution, and is a great author.
Ron Paul gives the Nullify Now! Talking Points
Ron Paul on FreedomWatch on Fox with Judge Andrew Napolitano on 10-09-10 Starting at about 2:23, Ron Paul brings up the Nullify Now and Tenth Amendment Center talking point of California marijuana legalization and nullification. The message is spreading!
Why We Need the Electoral College
This seems to be the most misunderstood piece of our government that the creators of the constitution could have ever put in place. The story we hear is that the creators of the constitution did not think the American people were smart enough to decide how government should operate but if this was true why [...]
Another Genius Attacks Nullification
This time it’s former state legislator Kevin Rennie, writing in the Hartford Courant. I insist you read this for yourself. It’s the usual enforcer/commissar routine, peppered with three facts he remembers from sixth grade. His knowledge of American history may rise to the level of Schoolhouse Rock. Forget about all the northern states that appealed [...]
When Dumb Becomes Dangerous
GJ Merits on the nature of the Obamacare lawsuits – the EPA lawsuits, the Arizona lawsuit and all the rest: That’s it. I’m sick of it. Officially sick of it. ObamaCare passes gathering even more power into the federal government that soon will regulate your entire life. Our solution? Lawsuits and weak resolutions or nullification [...]
Suddenly, Big Insurance Seeks Healing
As an orthopedic surgeon, I’ve spent years witnessing the often slow and painful process of healing. I’ve watched patients struggle to get well, facing down personal, professional and financial challenges while fighting to recover their health. It’s too bad healing in the real world isn’t as simple as healing in the political world –where it [...]
