We CAN stop Agenda 21. Here’s How…
Agenda 21 is a serious threat to the American system. It is an amalgamation of socialism, extreme environmentalism, anti-Americanism, and anti-Capitalism.Thomas Jefferson and James Madison provided us with the solution to such unconstitutional plans: Nullification. On October 22nd in Jacksonville, you’ll be able to learn, amongst other things, how you can stop Agenda 21 in [...]
Hooey That’s a Hoot
by Becky Akers, LewRockwell.com I constantly marvel that a free pass to sexually assault 1.8 million passengers daily doesn’t sufficiently occupy the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to keep it from further lunacy. But no. John “The Perv” Pistole, TSA’s “Administrator,” has decided its notorious blue gloves and brown-sorry, blue shirts aren’t uniform enough. So, “as [...]
AmSpec Writer, Smashed, Comes Back for More
I understand Jeffrey Lord has another attack on Ron Paul (and me) over at the American Spectator. Naturally this happens when I am about to catch a plane and head to New York for three days of events. I guess he is upset that some people have criticized Reagan. Reagan is evidently the Obama of [...]
States’ Rights vs. the Supreme Court
Tom Woods explains that States can nullify (invalidate) unconstitutional federal laws, even if they are endorsed by the Supreme Court. In 2005, one State made a law that the federal government opposed and it went all the way to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court predictably ruled that the state law was subordinate to “superior” [...]
Tenther Radio Episode 12: GOP Post-Debate Special Live Event
Add to iTunes In this special edition of TRX: Tenther Radio, hosts Michael Boldin and Lesley Swann cover the GOP Debate held at the Reagan Library in Southern California. They first welcome Jason Rink for a live remote from a debate viewing party from the infamous Brave New Books in Austin, TX. They talk about [...]
Book review: Federalism: A Normative Theory and its Practical Relevance
Federalism – distribution of power in a federation between the central authority and the constituent units (as states) involving esp. the allocation of significant lawmaking powers to those constituent units. Most academic examinations of federalism tend to focus on the U.S. system and the structure established by the Constitution. But in his recently released book [...]
Why Can’t We Afford Irene?
by Jack Hunter EDITOR’S NOTE: Jack Hunter will be a featured speaker at Nullify Now! Jacksonville. Get tickets here – http://www.nullifynow.com/jacksonville/ – or by calling 888-71-TICKETS *******
A lesson from Kansas: federal health care marches forward
Last November, Republicans swept into office, not only at the national level, but also in the state capitals. Voters in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Maine, North Carolina, and Alabama shifted control of both of their state houses from Democrat to Republican. The GOP also took power in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, winning one previously Democrat controlled [...]
II Submits Brief Destroying Basis for Suit against Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights
The Independence Institute, through Dave Kopel as legal counsel, has submitted anamicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief opposing the lawsuit to overturn Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights. The brief destroys the plaintiffs’ claim that by allowing citizens to vote on tax increases, Colorado is violating the U.S. Constitution’s requirement that all states have a “republican [...]
Help for Gibson Guitars
The following is a letter I sent to both the Lt. Governor and Governor of Tennessee… ******* Dear Lt Gov Ramsey, I have recently become aware of an ARMED federal raid on Gibson Guitars’ manufacturing facilities in Memphis and Nashville that took place on 24 August. Despite evidence provided by Gibson that they are in [...]
Duty to Resist Federal Intrusion on Sovereignty
by Ed Martin EDITOR’S NOTE: Ed Martin, 2012 candidate for US Congress in Missouri, sent the following letter to the entire state legislature in an effort to enumerate the role of a US Senator in the state’s effort to assert sovereignty. ******* Dear Governor Nixon, Recently, on behalf of all Missourians, you accepted over $20 [...]
Tenther Radio 09-07-11. Federal Raids, Sovereignty, Debates
Please join us for TRX: Tenther Radio on September 7, 2011 right here – listen live by clicking the play button at that time at this link. Join the conversation with your comments and questions by calling 213.785.7848. Hosts Michael Boldin and Lesley Swann will talk Gibson Guitar Raids, GOP Debates and more Add to [...]
Tenth Amendment Committees: On the Ground Activism
NOTE: Francisco Rodriguez will be a featured speaker at Nullify Now! Jacksonville. Get tickets here – http://www.nullifynow.com/jacksonville/ – or by calling 888-71-TICKETS ******* What is a Tenth Amendment Committee (tac)? A Tenth Amendment Committee is a groups formed within an organization (Political Party from local to national, Political Action Committee, Activist Groups, Social Justice Groups, [...]
The Constitutional Tender Movement in Georgia
cross-posted from the Sound Money Center In early 2009, I was teaching a course on American Government at Gainesville State College here in Georgia. As I was going over with my students the powers prohibited of the States in Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution, we hit upon this one: “No State shall… [...]
Will Liberty Survive Technology?
America has a love affair with technology. We “can’t live without it”. So we suppose. “[A] new poll by National Public Radio, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government shows that people overwhelmingly think that computers and the Internet have made Americans’ lives better” (Survey Shows Widespread Enthusiasm for High Technology, found [...]
Tea Party downgrade? Delusions from the Ruling Class
cross-posted from the Oregon Tenth Amendment Center Did we just have a Tea Party downgrade? Of course the Mainstream Media (who like to call upon the government in general, and the Federal govt specifically, to solve every issue in Society) will tell you that the Tea party, with their intransigence towards any sort of tax [...]
Rob Natelson gives a lesson on the General Welfare Clause
Add to iTunes Rob Natelson, recognized national expert on the framing and adoption of the United States Constitution, offers a lesson on the general Welfare clause of the United States Constitution. He discusses the original meaning of the words themselves, the meaning of general welfare in the preamble, the original meaning and understanding of the [...]
Passing Thoughts #4
-*- The Reserved Powers Amendment trumps the Supremacy Clause. -*-
Understanding Nullification
cross-posted from the Maine Tenth Amendment Center When nullification is discussed, there is a misconception that never seems to go away: why the anarchy? Nullification and the Tenth Amendment is not a topic discussed often. States’ Rights has been discussed by Mitt Romney and his supporters when defending the Massachusetts healthcare law, a controversial program [...]
Feds Conduct Gestapo-Style Raids on Tennessee Guitar Maker
On Wednesday, August 24, federal agents conducted a Gestapo-style raid, complete with automatic weapons and bulletproof vests, on Gibson Guitars manufacturing facilities in Nashville and Memphis. The reason for all the firepower and spent taxpayer money to fly in agents from New Orleans, Albuquerque, and Washington, DC to take part in the raid? The federal [...]
The Tenth Amendment and Sovereignty
by David Bernstein, Volokh.com Doug Kendall of the Constitutional Accountability Center writes: “The Tenth Amendment, like all other Amendments, is a binding part of the Constitution that should be fully respected…. [But w]hen the states ratified the Constitution, they renounced their status as fully-independent sovereigns and endowed the federal government with enumerated but substantial powers.” Kendall [...]
Hurricane Irene, the Guard and the Constitution
The Burlington Free Press reports from Vermont, Eight helicopters on loan from the Illinois National Guard were expected to arrive Tuesday night in Vermont to help the Vermont National Guard deliver food, medicine, water and other supplies to 13 Vermont towns cut off from the rest of the state in the aftermath of Tropical Storm [...]
What if Glenn Beck is Right?
cross-posted from the Pennsylvania Tenth Amendment Center I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a Glenn Beck fan, but I do listen to his program fairly regularly. My family and I went to his 8/28 rally last year, and I used to watch his show on the Fox News Channel when I had the opportunity. Usually, when [...]
