“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Last year in Virginia, activists scored a big victory for the Tenth Amendment with the passage of HB10, the Health Care Freedom Act, but they also suffered a significant defeat. The Firearms Freedom Act (FFA), which forbid the federal government from enforcing its gun...
For The Hill on 1/27/11 Since New Hampshire state rep Dan Itse brought his challenge to Obamacare citing Thomas Jefferson’s Kentucky Resolutions in February 2009, we have been seeing a new age of Jefferson. Judge Andrew Napolitano now plays prime time “fighting for...
In Part One, I discussed the importance of “who decides” what is constitutional, and what is not. Conventional wisdom says that the Supreme Court has long been recognized to have that power. If you haven’t read part one, follow this link to read it here. Now I will...
With state elections fast approaching, it is time find out where our legislators stand on state sovereignty and the limits of federal power. In the 1830’s similar debates occurred on the floor of the senate regarding unconstitutional tariffs (Tariff of...
The Denver post reported this morning that US District Judge Roger Vinson ruled the Health Care Reform law was unconstitutional. Read the complete article here, but here are some excerpts I want to cover. The judge’s ruling produced an even split in federal...
