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The Myth of Unlimited Federal Supremacy
The supremacy clause “expressly limits this supremacy to laws made pursuant to the Constitution.” Even Alexander Hamilton understood this. And he was as big of a fan of centralized national power as you could find among the founders. But today, almost all the...
“But He Did It First!” – The Vile Excuse for Unconstitutional Power
VILE That’s how Thomas Paine described a government running solely on precedent. And that’s basically what both sides do today. They don’t know much, if anything, about the Constitution, what it authorizes, and what it doesn’t. So, they just lean on...
VOID: Unconstitutional “Laws” are No Law at All
VOID! That’s how the founders described any federal action that goes beyond the limits of the Constitution. As 3rd Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth made clear, when government claims powers it was never delegated, its acts are no law at all. “If they make a law which...
Our Duty: Enforce the Constitution
WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT LIKES IT OR NOT John Dickinson understood what schools don’t teach – the people are the ones to enforce their own constitution. “IT IS THEIR DUTY TO WATCH, AND THEIR RIGHT TO TAKE CARE, THAT THE CONSTITUTION BE PRESERVED; or in...