โThe 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.โ
Being the statists that they are, it’s only natural Congress and the president should think simply passing and signing a bill makes it reality. But, in reality, a law with implications as vast as ObamaCare requires wholehearted state cooperation to implement....
I guess we should be pleased; Rachel Maddow’s blogย readsย the Virginia Tenth Amendment Center. It’s true, her blog linked to a picture we postedย from the January 18th Lobby Day. Of course, it was done in the context ofย describing usย tenthers as...
As predicted, Congressionalย passage of President Obama’s sweeping health insurance “reform” bill has not ended the constitutional debate between federalย and state authority. On the contrary,ย America seems poised to confront those issues directly,ย and...
For decades, using a tortured definition of interstate commerce, Congress has tried to regulate everything, from wheat grown on an individual’s own land for personal consumption, to weed grown in an individual’s own home for the same purpose. Unfortunately...
Regular readers of this blog will know that the answer to that question is a resounding YES! But for many people in America, particularly those on the left side of the political spectrum, the notion of states’ rights is as repulsive as it is misunderstood. Of...
