The U.S. government ran a $170.64 billion budget deficit in August, pushing the total fiscal 2021 budget shortfall to $2.71 trillion with one month to go, according to the latest Monthly Treasury Statement.
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I have asserted that OSHA is an unconstitutional federal agency. I've gotten some pushback from folks who say it is authorized by the "commerce clause." But this is a complete misunderstanding of the meaning of the word "commerce" in the Constitution.
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To be clear, the issue in Citizens United was whether corporations (and labor unions and non-profit associations like the ACLU) could spend money to express their opinions about candidates. I think there most certainly is a "plausible argument" that the original meaning of the First Amendment included such a right.
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The doctrine of “passive obedience and non-resistance” - was one the founders and old revolutionaries vehemently rejected as destructive to liberty. Yet, here we are today...is it based on fear, or maybe just old habits?
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Constitutions don't enforce themselves. That's why James Madison called constitutions "parchment barriers."
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A “frightful despotism,” would be the result of an “alternate domination of one faction over another,” warned George Washington. He was joined - with similar warnings - by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Thomas Jefferson and many others. But this opposition to factions didn’t start with the founding generation at all.
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The Second Amendment isn’t in great shape, but thankfully there’s a “rightful remedy” to address it.
The post The 2nd Still Not in Force: An Overview of New Federal Gun Control first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
The federal government can't even get Constitution Day right. It "celebrates" the Constitution by violating the Constitution.
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In his farewell address of Sept 19, 1796 George Washington warned about the dangers of political factions.
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Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson says he doesn't want to run a state medical marijuana program because he swore an oath to the Constitution and the feds say marijuana is illegal. But Andy's oath doesn't require him to lift a finger to enforce federal marijuana laws.
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