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
Editor’s Note: Scheduled to be introduced in Maryland next week – a bill to make medical marijuana legal within the state. This is classic federal government paint with a โbroad brushโ methodology and itโs good to see my home state taking a stand.ย While I...
by Michael Boldin If thereโs one thing that I can agree with Akhil Reed Amar on, itโs this: the Constitution grants Congress authority to legislate only in the areas enumerated in the document itself. But after reading his recent op-ed in the LA Times arguing that the...
Alabama State Representative Mac Gipson has introduced House Bill 48 (HB48), the “Firearms Freedom Act.” ย If passed, the bill would “exempt from federal regulation under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution a firearm, a firearm...
Wyoming State Representative David Miller has introduced a “Firearms Freedom Act” for the state – it’s filed as House Bill 28 (HB28). If passed, the will would provide “that specified firearms that are manufactured, sold, purchased,...
An honest reading of the Constitution with an original understanding of the Founders and Ratifiers makes it quite clear that the federal government has no constitutional authority to override state laws on marijuana. All three branches of the federal government,...