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True American Whigs Opposed Unconstitutional Federal Government

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:July 19, 2017
Post category:History Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

One student at the recently concluded Abbeville Institute Summer School asked me to do a show on Southern Whigs. I decided to do more than that. Students usually get the cartoon version of most concepts, issues, or events in American history. In this case, the Whigs are the party of Henry Clay, the nationalists who…

Podcast: States’ Rights

Post author:Tenth Amendment Center
Post published:September 25, 2016
Post category:Network Archives Sovereignty Tenth Amendment Center

We hear the term states’ rights thrown around a lot, but most people don’t really know what it means. In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about the concept of states’ rights and its importance in the American constitutional system. What do we mean when we use the term states’ rights? Are…