From the beginning, the federal taxing power evoked strong opposition from Anti-Federalists. They warned it would lead to infinite and incomprehensible power - and a tyranny potentially worse than they endured under the British.
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A bill introduced in the Michigan House would ban state and local enforcement of federal gun control, past present and future. Passage into law would take a step toward stopping federal acts that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms within the state.
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The Dobbs opinion makes factual claims about the historical treatment of abortion -- in the 1600s, but more importantly in the 1700s and 1800s. Is this history incorrect?
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DNA technology in the hands of government officials will complete our transition to a Surveillance State in which prison walls are disguised within the seemingly benevolent trappings of technological and scientific progress, national security and the need to guard against terrorists, pandemics, civil unrest, etc.
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Fear is the foundation of government power. That's why governments are always coming up with new emergencies to save us from.
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Today, we live under the largest government in history - this couldn’t be further from the system of the founders under the Constitution. So some people take the position that the Constitution itself failed to limit government. But, is that the case, or is there some other cause the Founders would point to?
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Not surprisingly, both conservatives and progressives are refusing to confront the big elephant in the room — the one that is the root of the problem: out-of-control spending by the federal government, which has been going on a very long time.
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Relying on the government to follow the rules - to limit its own power - doesn’t work out too well.
The post The Constitution Doesn’t Enforce Itself first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
In July 1775, Benjamin Franklin introduced a formal plan for uniting the colonies - “The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union.” He read it to the Second Continental Congress nearly a year before the Declaration of Independence and the first drafts of what became our first constitution, the Articles of Confederation.
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This masterful propaganda and gaslighting campaign demonstrates how the feds manage to prop up support for themselves despite objectively wrecking almost everything they touch.
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