“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.”
cross-posted from the Oregon Tenth Amendment Center Many of us in the Libertarian movement mistakenly view the Federal government as a stick with which to hit the State government like a pinata. I believe this view stems from the faulty belief that the Federal govt....
cross-posted from the Oregon Tenth Amendment Center Did we just have a Tea Party downgrade? Of course the Mainstream Media (who like to call upon the government in general, and the Federal govt specifically, to solve every issue in Society) will tell you that the Tea...
I thought it would be good to bring James Madisons own words when describing how the General welfare clause in articleI section8 was to be construed, and dismissing fears of constructions such as we have today. ******* Some, who have not denied the necessity of the...
cross-posted from the Oregon Tenth Amendment Center I was talking to a friend of mine and we were discussing the recent Bond ruling that recognizes individual standing to claim Federal 10th Amendment violations when defending in Criminal Court. I referenced the fact...
“The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissensions, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. The disorders and miseries which...
