Ron Paul: Nullification Would Reverse the Trend
"Ron said something no major candidate has said in modern times - nullification has to be done and it would reverse all the unconstitutional power grabs of the federal government."
Podcast: Madison’s Blueprint to Stop the Feds
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I explain James Madison’s Blueprint for stopping overreaching federal power. What do we do when the federal government exceeds its authority? This was a question people asked even before the Constitution was ratified. It was a hotly debated topic. If the federal government was indeed meant to…
Podcast: The Great “One Nation” Debate
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I explain that the United States aren’t “one nation,” that the Pledge of Allegiance is not an authoritative statement of American founding principles and why it matters. I created a firestorm when I published an article taking Hillary Clinton to task for perpetuating the America as “one…
Thomas Jefferson on Finding the Meaning of the Constitution
Today, you have all kinds of original sources just a mouse-click away. You can read the ratification debates. You have the Federalist Papers in support of the Constitution. You have essays written by opponents. With just a little effort, you can get a very clear understanding of the Constitution - right from the source.
Turning Federal Acts into “Hot Air”
“Without local enforcement, by compliant local authorities, the will of the central government is not much more than hot air.”
Conventions: “Disappointing, but Predictable”
On Saturday, July 30, I appeared on Gun Freedom Radio to discuss the recent Republican and Democratic Party Conventions from a constitutional perspective. I called both conventions, “disappointing, but predictable.” (Segment starts at 17:28) “Both conventions from a constitutional perspective were disappointing, but not unexpectedly. I don’t really think that people that are in national…
“Constitutional” Doesn’t Mean What They Say it Means
"We reject the notion of a “living, breathing” constitution."
Podcast: Is the Federal Government Supreme?
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about the Constitution’s supremacy clause. Whenever I talk about a state taking action to limit federal overreach, some political hack inevitably screams, “Supremacy Clause!” at me. Federal supremacists use this particular constitutional clause as a billy club to end all debate. But whenever these lawyers,…
Podcast: What is Necessary and Proper?
I this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about the Constitution’s necessary and proper clause. Hint: it doesn’t mean anything and everything. Politicians and legal academics often call the necessary and proper clause the “elastic clause” because it supposedly expands the powers of the federal government. In fact, the way many judges and…
Liberty is the “Primary Object”
The bottom line? There is no "liberty vs safety" debate. We can only be safe when we’re free.
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