Arizona: AIMS Failed And So Will PARCC and Common Core
Benjamin Franklin said, “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” I think that we can all agree that education is paramount to a successful society and that it would behoove us to create a system that promotes and accelerates. However, how do we ensure that our children are best educated? There [...]
A Libertarian Case for the Department of Education
Last week the Rooney-Blansten amendment requiring the federal Common Core curriculum to devote equal time to Republican presidents was narrowly defeated in the U.S. Senate, despite a RealClearPolitics poll showing 87.8921% of the public supported the idea. I’m a libertarian who writes frequently for the Tenth Amendment Center, and years ago I donated to the [...]
Bill Proposed To Keep Federal Hands Off Alabama-Produced Firearms
There has been a growing number of states recently looking to pass laws that nullify overreaching federal intrusions on Second Amendment rights with Alabama being one of the latest states looking to protect the natural rights of its citizens. Alabama Senate Bill 43 is called the ‘Firearms Freedom Act’ and it intends to ‘exempt from [...]
VIDEO: A Rousing Defense of the Constitution and Nullification
At a time when the Republican establishment is doing everything they can to alienate their constituents, and nullification measures are getting introduced around the country, it becomes more important than ever to step up and put our best foot forward when presenting our ideas to citizens desperately looking for a way to fight back against [...]
Hungry for Freedom
It is probably fair to say no President, First Lady, or candidate for said office has ever left a campaign event, state dinner or probably any meal in general saying, “Gee, I wish I’d had more to eat.” Yet none before the Obamas entered 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue have claimed the authority to tell us what [...]
Presidential Election 2012: Spitting into the Wind
To those of you who believe the Republican Party will save you from the evil mechanizations of the Democrats…sorry. It ain’t going to happen in November 2012. And that’s even if their poster-boy Mitt Romney steals the show. Why? Well, Missouri Tenth has made it pretty darn clear in the past, but we’ll say it [...]
Leaving No Child Left Behind Behind
Though it expired in 2008, No Child Left Behind, the sweeping Bush-era education act that was passed in 2001 is still in effect, because federal lawmakers won’t just let it die. “It’s time for it to go,” says Rep. Linden Bateman, R-Idaho Falls who believes that the law has forced educators to teach to a [...]
Texans Move to Nullify Federal Education?
Though far from a reality, the very existence of this bill is an indication that the Federal Government’s monopoly on education policy may be waning.
Down with the DOE!
There are no teachers in the Federal Department of Education. This bureaucracy only takes resources from the education process. In Oregon, as a state we spend $9257/year per student on education. In addition, the Federal Govt. taxes the citizens of Oregon $1500/year, per student, of which it returns $1000 in the form of block grants. [...]
Comments on 10th Amendment legislation miss the point
Yesterday there was an article in the Desert News about this year’s legislative session, Carl Wimmer, and the Patrick Henry Caucus has some fair insights. There is even a comment by the House Minority Assistant Whip (can these titles of nobility get any more stretched?) Carol Moss (D – Holladay) that was right on the [...]
NCLB – Federal Overreach in Education
Americans for Limited Government writes about No Child Left Behind. Another example of the states being bribed, with our money, to ignore the Constitution. Another opportunity for a strongly enforced Tenth Amendment to make a difference. By Chris Slavens The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), signed into law by Bush in 2002, relied on [...]
Surprise: Law Professor Misinterprets Supremacy Clause
Have you ever read an article that you were not sure what stance the author takes on the subject but presents both sides of the argument at once? I had the distinguished experience recently when I was reading the article titled “Sheriffs, State Lawmakers Push Back on Gun Control” on the Newsmax website (see: http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Gun-Control-Pushback/2013/01/17/id/471825). [...]
Jan 26, 2013 | Categories:Commentary, Constitution, Delegated Powers, Education, Federalism, Founding Principles, Government, Law, Nullification, State Sovereignty | Tags: 10th Amendment, Congress, Government, law, law professor, States Rights, Supremacy Clause, tenth amendment | 20 Comments »