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
From Henrico Senator, Donald McEachin, and courtesy of the Richmonder blog, comes the latest flaccid attempt to cast the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as alternately โunconstitutionalโ, โillegalโ and โneo-confederateโ. It seems McEachin is perturbed by Gov....
Writes Ilya Somin at Volokh: Federal District Judge Henry Hudsonโs opinion refusing to dismiss Virginiaโs lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Obama health care plan has several interesting aspects. The suit focuses primarily on a challenge to the...
At the Woodbridge Tea Party, Virginia State Delegate Richard Anderson talks about the state legislature’s “Sovereignty Letter” to the U.S. Congress, reminding lawmakers of the 10th...
For decades, using a tortured definition of interstate commerce, Congress has tried to regulate everything, from wheat grown on an individual’s own land for personal consumption, to weed grown in an individual’s own home for the same purpose. Unfortunately...
Got an email blast over the weekend from Campaign for Liberty’s Donna Holt about the status of HB69 (Virginia Firearms Freedom Act). Looks like Delegate Carrico’s HB69 has been assigned to the Senate Courts of Justice Committee. The Senate Courts of...