Although we generally refer to that list of abuses in the Declaration of Independence as “grievances” - that’s not how they were described in the text. Instead, they were referred to as “usurpations,” or a theft of power from the people. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
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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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That’s what the founders and old revolutionaries said about government acts that go beyond the limits of the constitution.
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Resisting overreaching government is our duty and as James Iredell, one of the first Supreme Court justices put it, “The only resource against usurpation.”
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Living under the largest government in history is not the “land of the free,” and it’s not even close. But how did things get like this? Here are the top-5 reasons - the primary drivers of the monster state today.
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Usurpation is the term the founders used when the government goes beyond the limits of the Constitution.
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"Treason against the sovereignty of the people" is how St. George Tucker described usurpation - or theft - of power by government. But this view was nothing new - the founders and old revolutionaries had long understood usurpation to be an act of tyranny, even including it in the Declaration of Independence.
The post Theft of Power: Usurpation first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Is every act of the federal government supreme? Well, if you want to follow the Constitution, the answer is no.
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