In a series of speeches during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry warned against a combination of the treaty, the judicial power and - the supremacy clause - that it would lead to government violating individual liberty with impunity.
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Of course, most people think the exact opposite. They think the supremacy clause gives the feds almost unlimited power. This simply isn't true. The federal government is only supreme within its sphere.
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Supporters of the monster state want you to believe that every action the federal government takes is "supreme." This is nonsense!
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The Constitution affirms important principles of the Revolution - that all power flows from the people, and any act beyond what they’ve delegated to the government is void. It’s just up to the people to treat those acts that way too.
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Even though most people seem to believe it - and the government definitely acts as if it were true, federal law is not “always supreme” - all the time. Arguing in support of that requires ignoring the words of the supremacy clause - and the history of the American Revolution, which was a rejection of this kind of unlimited, centralized power.
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Supporters of the monster state want you to believe the federal government is always supreme - in everything, all the time. It's not.
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The first round of the federal lawsuit against the Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) is in - and the feds won this one, but that shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. An appeal is on the way, and if you want to learn all the ins-and-outs of the case - and what might happen next - this episode is the number 1 place to be.
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The supremacy clause is limited by three key words that always seem to get left out.
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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."
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Most people think federal law is always supreme over conflicting state law. Most people are wrong.
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