“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.”
Many parents are beginning to ask this question as the debate over Common Core heats up. There are several reasons Common Core is a really bad thing for your kids. Common Core is a nationalized education program. Some people may say this is a good thing. After all,...
What is Common Core? Many parents are asking this question as they recently become aware of the program. Common Core is nationalized education – one-size-fits-all learning standards imposed on all states and school districts by the federal government. It is not state...
Nullification. Tenth Amendment. Opponents react hysterically to these words with name calling – racist, secession, Civil War, slavery, confederacy. Clever strategy – conjuring up such emotionally-charged words from a dark period in our history so that average...
When considering modern day nullification and interposition of federal laws (NSA spying, drones, gun control, healthcare, etc.), it benefits us to look at the opinions of two important founders. Although both were advocates of state nullification, each established a...
Today, it is commonly accepted that the U.S. Supreme Court has the sole and final say as to whether or not a federal law is constitutional (after it winds through the lower federal courts). Recently, for example, the Court upheld the Affordable Care Act as...