Yes, Common Core is a National Program
Common Core is nationalized education – one-size-fits-all learning standards imposed on all states and school districts by the federal government. It is not state led. It is not voluntary.
SC Gov. Haley signs bill to effectively nullify federal ban on industrial hemp
Yesterday, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill into law that authorizes the growing and production of industrial hemp within the state, effectively nullifying the unconstitutional federal ban on the same.
Judge Napolitano: US Troops to Nigeria is Illegal
Last month, President Obama committed some 80 armed American troops to Chad to assist in the efforts to find a group of Nigerian girls reportedly kidnapped by the Boko Haram group. According to Judge Andrew Napolitano, the president’s action was an illegal use of military force without Congressional approval – as the Constitution requires. WATCH…
Relying on the Courts: A Dangerous Doctrine
We agree with Thomas Jefferson. Do you?
To the Governor’s Desk: Illinois bill to ban warrantless cellphone tracking passes unanimously
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., June 2, 2014 – An Illinois bill which would ban law enforcement from obtaining cellphone location tracking information without a warrant passed its final hurdle in the state legislature last Friday. By a unanimous vote in both chambers, the “Freedom from Location Surveillance Act” now moves to the Governor’s desk for a signature.…
Chief Justice Roberts Again Rewrites Law, Avoids Duty to Hold Government’s Feet to the Constitutional Fire
Bond was a case about the scope of the treaty power—can Congress do something pursuant to a treaty that it can’t otherwise do?—and yet the majority opinion avoided that discussion altogether in the name of a faux judicial minimalism.
Nullification as the Antidote to Partisan Hypocrisy
Many commentators have remarked about the tremendous partisanship within today’s political climate, bemoaning the so-called gridlock occurring in Washington D.C. However, they fail to mention that this type of blind partisanship is necessarily part of the two-party system. It is not a recent phenomenon either. The Founders warned us of its dangers. For the best examples…
Next Week: Mike Maharrey talks Nullification at the Global Freedom Summit
Tenth Amendment Center national communications director is one of more than 20 speakers participating in the virtual Global Freedom Summit next week. This livestream event runs Monday June 2 through Sat. Jun 7 and features a variety of liberty oriented topics ranging from health to online privacy. Maharrey’s presentation is titled Nullification: What It Is,…
Two Oklahoma Initiative Campaigns seek to nullify federal marijuana laws
US News reports that two initiative campaigns are underway in Oklahoma to legalize marijuana for both medical and recreational uses. If either passes, it will add to the swelling movement to nullify unconstitutional federal laws prohibiting marijuana. The federal government currently bans marijuana for any use. But constitutionally, the feds lack any authority enforce a prohibition…
Getting from Here to There: The Long Road to Freedom
From time to time, our work at the Tenth Amendment Center comes under attack from anarcho-capitalists. (Or if you prefer anarchists, voluntarists or simply libertarians.) These folks object to our emphasis on the Constitution because they argue that “the state” and its various governments lack legitimacy. The argue that by its very nature, even a…
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