The power to "guarantee liberty" quickly turns into a power to control. @mmaharrey10th pic.twitter.com/HKWWJyUmfW
— TenthAmendmentCenter (@TenthAmendment) December 14, 2021
A Power to Control
Most Americans want the federal government to “guarantee” their rights. In pursuit of this goal, they use the federal courts to “enforce” the federal Bill of Rights at the state level. The founding generation rejected this scenario. As Delaware...
Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of Why it Exists
Most people associate passage of amendments in the 1st Congress with the dogged persistence of Rep. James Madison. But if it werenโt for the efforts of patriots like Richard Henry Lee, Samuel Adams, George Mason and John Hancock, he may never have had the opportunity....
South Carolina House Passes Bill Taking on Federal Vaccine Mandates
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Dec. 14, 2021) โ On Friday, the South Carolina House passed a bill that bans the state from enforcing federal vaccine mandates. A large coalition of Republicans filed House Bill 3126 (H3126). The proposed law as passed by the House bans the state from...