In response to the hated Alien and Sedition Acts, Thomas Jefferson drafted resolutions passed by the Kentucky legislature that included three foundational principles of the American Revolution.
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The new city ordinances in Denton, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Harker Heights prohibit city police from issuing citations or making arrests for Class A or Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
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It's hard to know the significance of Pinckney's suggestions even if he really made them at the Convention (and we can't be sure he did)
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Montana voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment that elevates the privacy of a person’s electronic communications and data to the same level as “persons, houses, papers and possessions.”
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All of this is illegal according to the federal government, and creates an environment for the people of Missouri to further nullify the unconstitutional federal prohibition in practice and effect.
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Passage will make it more difficult for the state to implement gun control, and also foster an environment more hostile to federal gun control.
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Maryland voters approved a ballot measure legalizing adult-use marijuana in the state despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition.
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Few people were more influential on the founders and old revolutionaries than John Locke. And his Two Treatises help us understand how they saw the difference between legitimate government - and the other kind - tyranny.
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Using soaring prices of gasoline, food, cars, and most everything else as a way to seize more money from the American people should not surprise anyone.
The post Expanding IRS Tyranny to Reduce Inflation? first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
A faction-first mentality leads to tyranny. By faction-first, I mean looking at something as right or wrong based on who is doing it, rather than the Constitution.
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