Supporting liberty is supposed to be more important than supporting government power. In other words, if there is any doubt about government power, you’re supposed to decide in favor of less power and more liberty.
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If there is any question about government power, your rights should always get the benefit of the doubt. Not the federal government.
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In other words, if there is any doubt about whether the federal government should do something, the answer should always be no. The rights of the people should always trump the powers of the federal government.
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People in government rarely give up their power. That's why we live under the biggest government in history. But it's not all bad news. It's not "game over!"
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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."
The post The Myth of Absolute Federal Supremacy first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Last week, I warned you about trusting lawyers to explain the Constitution. On this week’s episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I make an exception to that general advice. I’m also explain what a baseball rule can teach us about constitutional interpretation. You can subscribe to Thoughts from Maharrey Head for free on iTunes. Just click HERE. SHOW…
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Some people want you to believe that we should always defer to Washington D.C. in conflicts between state and federal power. But they’ve pretty much got things backwards
Under the Constitution, the president was delegated the authority to execute laws passed by Congress, not create them with the stroke of a pen.
St. George Tucker on the importance and meaning of the 2nd Amendment