Today, I received an email from a reporter at the Washington Examiner about Ben Carson possibly being HUD secretary. My response below. Question: I’m writing to ask if the Tenth Amendment Center has any response to President-elect Trump apparently picking Ben Carson as HUD Secretary, given that Carson has written critically of the AFFH rule.…
The 2nd Amendment doesn’t create a right to keep and bear arms. What is does is prohibit the federal government from violating the natural right you already have.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Nov. 22, 2016) – A bill prefiled for the 2017 legislative session would repeal an Oklahoma law prohibiting implementation of the Real ID Act and set the state on a course to participate in an unconstitutional national identification system. Sen. John Sparks (D-Norman) and Sen. Kay Floyd (D-Oklahoma City) prefiled Senate Bill 1…
During a recent episode of the O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly and Newt Gingrich got into a discussion about sanctuary cities. In the course of the conversation, Gingrich showed his disdain for the American constitutional system, the Tenth Amendment and its inherent separation of powers. Some U.S. cities have refused to cooperate with some enforcement of…
You can’t make this stuff up. Well, they do.
When Rosa Parks refused to move the to back of the bus – she taught us just how to deal with laws that are unconstitutional – immoral – or unjust
AUSTIN, Texas (Nov. 18, 2016) – A bill filed for the 2017 legislative session would modestly reform Texas asset forfeiture laws and close a federal loophole that allows law enforcement to avoid state restrictions on the practice. Sen. Juan Hinojosa (D-Dist. 20) filed Senate Bill 156 (SB156) on Nov. 14. The legislation would make it…
Lost in the shuffle on election day, voters in two states legalized industrial hemp, setting the foundation to further nullify federal prohibition.
Much of the mainstream media is whipping itself into a hyperbolic frenzy about race and Donald Trump’s Attorney General pick. For us, however, the greatest concern is how Jeff Sessions views federal power under the Constitution. Marijuana provides a really good barometer on how someone views the proper role of the federal government vs the states…
While many supporters of centralized power like to say that "nullifiers support slavery" - they've got it totally backwards. In the 1850s, Northern states nullified the federal fugitive slave act.