Torture Comes Home to Roost
Torture is government by beasts. A government that unleashes beasts — the American government — recognizes no limits on its powers.
The post Torture Comes Home to Roost first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Ignorance is the “Footstool of Despotism”
Ignorance of liberty, of the constitution, of the powers delegated to the government - and so much more - are just what tyrants absolutely love. And we’re literally surrounded by people who are willfully ignorant of it all.
The post Ignorance is the “Footstool of Despotism” first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Liberty and Freedom: A View from the Founders
To many people today, liberty is little more than choosing new people to rule over them every few years. And even in the founding generation, there was a wide range of viewpoints on just what constitutes a state of liberty.
Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: August 25, 2023
The post Liberty and Freedom: A View from the Founders first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Fear is the Foundation of Government Power
A culture of obedience and compliance guarantees that government will never stop growing - and defiance and nullification represent the “rightful remedy” to usurpations of power. But today, many people live in fear - and never take the steps needed to help advance liberty.
The post Fear is the Foundation of Government Power first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Nullify the Federal “Equitable Sharing” Asset Forfeiture Program
Even when states end civil asset forfeiture, a federal program called “equitable sharing” encourages them to participate in a federal version anyway. But the states can opt-out and nullify the federal program into oblivion, where it belongs.
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The founders warned us - over and over and over again - about the dangers to liberty from war. As James Madison put it, war gives us armies, which lead to debts and taxes. This trifecta makes up the “known instruments for putting the many under the domination of the few.”
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Applying Thomas Jefferson’s strategy for advancing liberty to the massive and ever-growing surveillance state we live under today. One state is following it well, and all other states should copy their strategy as much as possible.
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In his series of 18 letters, Federal Farmer repeatedly warned about the dangers of centralized power, predicting that the proposed government would end in “the destruction of freedom.”
Path to Liberty: August 14, 2023
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With two months left to go, the deficit for fiscal 2023 now stands at $1.61 trillion, after the federal government charted another massive shortfall in July.
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The law prohibits the Arkansas State Police from denying a concealed carry license on the basis of an individual's use of medical marijuana under state law.
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