Dr. Robert Owens: Unless we rebuild the reality of a balanced federal system we will soon find ourselves locked in the embrace of an all-powerful central government.
This is so depressing, but it needs to be addressed. It would be easy to say our politicians did this to us and leave it at that. But really, haven’t we done it to ourselves? Of course, the media has helped things along. Bill Flax writing at Forbes: “The political class suffers a dearth...
To understand the debate over the ratification of the Constitution it is necessary to first establish the context, for the study of a text without a context is a pretext.
Earlier today I saw the headline that the Circuit Court upheld a ruling barring Arizona's immigration law. My first thought was that it had to be the 9th Circuit. Sure enough, it was. Governor Brewer released a statement indicating she will appeal the ruling, saying the federal government has failed in it's duty to...
Legislators in South Carolina have introduced a law exempting the state from the rotten federal law banning the incandescent light bulb. I hope this law passes and sends a message to the power grabbing politicians in Washington, DC.
When the Constitution was ratified, do you think anyone imagined state governors literally pleading with unelected bureaucrats for relief from costly mandates forced onto their states by the federal goverment? Well, that’s exactly what’s happening today. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, along with governors from 20 other states, have sent a letter to the secretary...
I’ve been a fan of Tom Woods ever since I started listening to Mike Church about four years ago. I should really blog about him more often, someday soon I’ll have a little more time on my hands and may do just that. In the mean time, please take ten minutes to watch this...
Lawmakers in Idaho and six other states believe they can nullify Obamacare. Idaho, the first state to sue the federal government over the health care overhaul, has announced plans to resort to an obscure 18th century legal remedy that recognizes a state’s right to nullify any federal law that the state has deemed unconstitutional....
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