James Madison warned that "of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded." Why? Because it sows the seeds for other threats to liberty.
The post The Cost of War: Our Liberty first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
The Constitution is not in force in any meaningful way, but when did things get like this? Some people think 1861, or 1913, or 1933 - but the answer may surprise you.
The post When Did Things Go Off the Rails? first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
Just because I point out that a government has a particular power doesn't necessarily mean I think it should use that particular power.
The post Just Because They Can Doesn’t Mean They Should first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
Earlier this month, the Senate voted 95-3 on a non-binding budget resolution to fund the hiring of 100,000 police officers. The vote doesn't authorize any funding but affirms the Senate's support for including the money in the budget.
The post U.S. Senate Votes to Expand the National Police State first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
This month marks fifty years since President Richard Nixon closed the “gold window” that had allowed foreign governments to exchange US dollars for gold. Nixon’s action severed the last link between the dollar and gold, transforming the dollar into pure fiat currency.
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