One review for my 9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America complained about my inclusion of Abraham Lincoln. The crime? My “originalist” position falls apart when I start talking about secession. You see, to this fellow, the Constitution says nothing about secession, which means it is an implied power. After all, if it doesn’t say you…
In an 1800 letter, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government.”
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I explain why supporting “states’ rights” is crucial for liberty. During an interview on the Lions of Liberty Podcast, Libertarian Party National Committee Chairman Nicholas Sarwark created a stir when he called Ron Paul’s support for “states’ rights” anti-libertarian. While he later clarified that he wasn’t opposed…
TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and read the full transcript at this link. During the Massachusetts ratification debates, Fisher Aims gave a stark warning that’s been totally ignored over the last 100-plus years. He said a “consolidation of the States would subvert the new Constitution.”
Americans have an obsession with centralizing regulatory functions in the federal government. Whether it be environmental, business or safety regulations, people reflexively turn to D.C. Most Americans believe only uniform dictates from the feds can adequately regulate various professions and industries. But the field of nursing proves this assumption wrong. In an article published on…
In the early days of the federalist republic the United States first adjusted, then flourished under American Federalism. Though only given a brief trial, federalism’s embrace of liberty and responsibility gave birth to a new country’s ability to succeed. First embodied in theories debated globally; framers created and founders supported the U.S. Constitution and Bill…
A recent article by Governing suggests that despite initial signs of cooperation between state governors and the federal government at the beginning of President Obama’s administration, for the last eight years they’ve been mostly at odds with one another. However, the article also demonstrates that Obama’s efforts to usurp state authority are not unique to his…
ATLANTA, Ga. (March 24, 2016) – Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal needs a lesson on the 10th Amendment after releasing a statement last week saying that any new laws allowing marijuana for medical use must come from the federal level, not the state. “I’m ready to have somebody tell me that those who support anything in…
It’s reported that President Obama will change the name of Alaska’s highest peak from Mount McKinley to Denali. But wait, does the President have constitutional power to rename mountains? Almost certainly not. (And, even worse for him, the name McKinley appears to be incorporated into a statute. And, even worse than that, apparently there have…
With the recent decision by the Supreme Court not to even hear the case against the indefinite detention provisions of the NDAA, I have to ask a familiar question to the majority of people who still value the Constitution: are you ready to take the responsibility to defend our governmental charter? We have the power;…