The enactment of HB1515 will not only take a step toward opening up the raw milk market in North Dakota; it can also move forward efforts to nullify a federal raw milk prohibition scheme in practice and effect.
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Minnesota is the 23rd state to legalize marijuana for adult use despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (July 31, 2023) – Today, an Arkansas law making gold and silver legal tender in the state, and effectively repealing the state capital gains tax on gold and silver went into effect. Enactment of this law could help eliminate barriers to using gold and silver in everyday transactions, a foundational step for […]
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On Tuesday, a North Dakota law prohibiting financial institutions operating in the state from requiring a credit card merchant code to track the purchases of firearms and ammunition goes into effect.
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If we truly want to build a real “land of the free,” it’s essential to understand the source of our problems. Using the wisdom and warnings of leading founders and old revolutionaries - we can point to consolidation, or centralization of power.
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In a series of speeches during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry warned against a combination of the treaty, the judicial power and - the supremacy clause - that it would lead to government violating individual liberty with impunity.
The post Treaties, Trials and Supremacy: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speeches 8-10 first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
Focusing on the debate over enumerated powers, this article challenges the unfounded assumptions of Federalist objectivity and Anti-Federalist irrelevance and models the historical method necessary to interpret the ratification debates rigorously.
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In his series of essays, Brutus repeatedly warned about the dangers of centralized power, predicting that the proposed government would end up exercising “infinite” and “incomprehensible” power.
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An important lesson on power and human nature. Trust no one with power to endanger liberty. That includes - don’t trust the people who tell you to not trust people with power.
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What if liberty and democracy are opposites? What if the principle underlying liberty is to restrain the government to maximize individual autonomy? What if the principle underlying democracy is to unleash the government to give the people whatever they want?
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