Federal acts are not always “supreme”
“It will not, I presume, have escaped observation, that it expressly confines this supremacy to laws made pursuant to the Constitution.”
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Supremacy vs Usurpation
Is every act of the federal government supreme? Well, if you want to follow the Constitution, the answer is no.
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Thomas Jefferson: Principle over Policy on the National Bank
Thomas Jefferson took a stand for the Constitution and principles over personal policy preferences when he opposed Hamilton’s national bank.
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Madison and Hamilton on “general Welfare” under the Constitution
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The “general welfare” clause does not give the federal government the power to do anything it wants
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The Supremacy Clause, an Overview
Federal laws not made in pursuance of the constitution are not supreme. They’re void. And should be treated that way too.
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Should We Repeal the 17th Amendment?
If you want a real national government than the 17th Amendment is your thing.
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Hurricane Irma spared Hamilton’s boyhood home
Of course, Hurricane Hamilton continues to churn in Washington D.C. on a regular basis.
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Hamilton on Federal Overreach
In Federalist #78, Alexander Hamilton wrote “there is no position which depends on clearer principles, than that every act of a delegated authority contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised is void.”
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Federal, not National: These United States
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During the Massachusetts ratification debates, Fisher Aims gave a stark warning that’s been totally ignored over the last 100-plus years. He said a “consolidation of the States would subvert the new Constitution.”
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