In 2012, Barack Obama signed the NDAA into law, a bill that suspended the writ of habeas corpus in the United States.
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But as they always seem to do — the federal government took this relatively limited power and ran with it.
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When it comes to dealing with federal overreach, most people take one of three different approaches – none of which should be your first response to extreme, repeated violations of the constitution and your liberty.
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Most people think the supremacy clause in the Constitution means the federal government can do whatever it wants. Under this warped theory of constitutional interpretation, the mere fact that Congress does something makes it the “supreme law of the land.”
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Supporters of the monster state love using the term “inflation” not to describe inflation, but the effects of it. That way, when they “take action” against inflation, they never go after the root cause – and continue to use it as a tool to expand their power and control.
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We’ve gone from presidents having full control of the executive branch to virtually no control. And the progressives love it. Why? Because it blocks any outsider from draining the swamp.
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It’s often pretty easy to know whether or not a federal action is constitutional. In his Report of 1800, James Madison gave us a simple 2-step process to determine the constitutionality of any federal action.
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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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