Delegated Powers

Colorado Uniform Enumerated Powers Act

by Geoff Broughton | Oct 11, 2010 | Delegated Powers

I hear a lot of people in the tea Party movement talk about how the Federal Government has ignored the Constitution, and we need to get back to that Constitution as the Supreme Governing Document of our nation. We at the Tenth Amendment Center have developed...

Enumerated Powers Act

by Mike Maharrey | Aug 18, 2010 | Delegated Powers, Politicians

A local political activist related an interesting exchange that allegedly occurred at a recent political event. During a discussion with a congressional candidate, an interested citizen asked about the constitutionality of the Patriot Act. The candidate’s response was...

Many and Vague

by Michael Boldin | Jul 8, 2010 | Constitution, Delegated Powers

Here’s a letter to USA Today by Don Boudreaux: Sandra Day O’Connor and George Nethercutt are correct that too many Americans lack sufficient understanding and appreciation of U.S. history and of the meaning of this nation’s founding documents (“Celebrate America by...

Question for Jason Chaffetz

by Michael Boldin | Jun 24, 2010 | Delegated Powers, Drug War

The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that Jason Chaffetz is working to “overturn action by the D.C. City Council that would allow medical marijuana usage in the nation’s capital.” Here’s what he had to say: “Marijuana is a psychotropic drug...

Reclaiming Our Liberty

by Michael Boldin | Jun 23, 2010 | Delegated Powers

Professor Williams and Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul discuss balancing the budget, the Enumerated Powers Act, the Commerce Clause, the Tenth Amendment and other fundamental issues of liberty....

Fail Safe

by Steve Palmer | May 30, 2010 | Big Government, Delegated Powers

Many of today’s debates between statists and libertarians are argued on the grounds of efficiency. The libertarians say that when you let the government do something, you invariably get the DMV or the post office. Statists argue that a centralized public service...

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