Election 2016: Supporting the 10th Amendment When it’s Politically Popular

The only reason we’re seeing almost all of the presidential candidates from both parties talking about the 10th amendment and states being able to determine their own marijuana policy is because the people and then the states acted without first getting federal permission.

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Kansas Republican-Dominated House Working Hard to Keep the Status Quo on Common Core

Kansas Republicans Passed a Resolution back in 2013 opposing Common Core. Today, the Republican-dominated state House took the End Common Core bill, HB2292, which passed committee on 02-18 – and withdrew it from the House calendar, sending it back to the committee. Is this a death-knell for the bill? Quite possibly. They really don’t want to do…

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Part of the Problem: People Who Think Things Were OK Before President Obama

I often see Republicans and conservatives rightly bash Pres. Obama for many (but definitely not all) of his Constitutional violations. Obama is absolutely horrible on the Constitution. But many of these republicans and conservatives have given him the foundation for what he’s done. Huh? Well, anyone who thinks that things were “just fine” or even…

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Are you Still Supporting Establishment Republicans?

The scam that is the republican establishment is summed up by this quote from Mitt Romney: “Without Tom pushing it, I don’t think we would have had Romneycare,” Romney said. “Without Romneycare, I don’t think we would have Obamacare. So, without Tom a lot of people wouldn’t have health insurance.” If your only choice is…

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Rick Santorum Needs a Do-Over for His Do-Over

Rick Santorum wants a do-over when it comes to his education policy, but based on the comments he made during a campaign speech in Iowa last month, it appears his do-over needs a do-over. During a Q&A session, Truth in American Education administrator and columnist Shane Vander Hart asked Santorum about current efforts to reauthorize…

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Republican Betrayal Continues: Arkansas Governor Schemes to Save Obamacare

This plan, when stripped of its bells and whistles, appears little more than a red herring to keep Obamacare implemented, keep Medicaid expanded, and minimize healthcare freedom in the Natural State.

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Rubio and Walker Support Another Version of Obamacare. It’s up to the States to Bring it Down.

Two prominent GOP Presidential candidates have unveiled their health care reform plans, and they are more of the same. They even re-affirm key parts of Obamacare and keep federal control over health care intact. Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies at the CATO Institute, recently wrote an op/ed the New Hampshire Union Leader about the…

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