Maryland House Flips the Constitution Upside Down

Yesterday, the Maryland House passed a bill saying they’d legalize hemp as soon as the federal government (or other federal law)  “delegates authority over industrial hemp to the states.” They felt so strongly about this provision they included it two times one section of the bill: The Maryland Department  of Agriculture shall notify the Department…

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“But nullification isn’t listed in the Constitution!”

TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and read the full transcript here. Every once in awhile, someone tells us, “The Constitution doesn’t say anything about nullification. That means states simply can’t do it.” But they’ve got things totally backwards. FOLLOW TAC: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TenthAmendmentCenter RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest Twitter: http://twitter.com/tenthamendment Facebook:…

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Activism 101 Podcast #20: Local Government Sues Me to Keep Documents Secret

The city of Lexington really doesn't want me to have information on the police department's mobile surveillance cameras. When I won an open records appeal to the attorney general's office, the city took it to the next level and sued me.

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A Danger to Liberty: Both Democrats and Republicans

We’re often told how much democrats hate the Founders. And generally that’s true, except when statements from the founders fit their policy objectives. They love the 10th Amendment when it comes to marijuana or sanctuary cities, for example.   But – the same problem happens with republicans. When we share advice from the Founders about…

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