Federalism and the 10th Amendment: Tench Coxe Explains Delegated and Reserved Powers
By: Michael Boldin “Independent of the control or interference of the federal government.” That’s how Tench Coxe described the vast majority of power under the Constitution – reserved to the ...
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How States Can Nullify to Enforce the Constitution
by Peter Rykowski The federal government — including the legislative, executive, and judicial branches — has for decades implemented and enforced unconstitutional and increasingly-socialist policies. These policies and programs have significantly ...
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Oath to the Constitution: What Adherence Truly Means
By: Michael Boldin “If their duty, their honor, and their oaths will not bind them, let us not put into their hands our liberty and all our other great interests.” ...
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The Erosion of Constitutional Norms Is Bad No Matter Who Does It
Abuses of authority by both outgoing and incoming presidents, betray the American public and its founding principles. by Julian Adorney In his final days in office, then-president Biden ...
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America Needs a Constitutional Government, Not an “Efficient” One
by Paul Dragu Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want to make government more “efficient.” But unconstitutional programs should be eliminated, not made more efficient. ... At the time ...
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To Restore the Constitution, Shut Down Most of the Government — Permanently
BY R. Cort Kirkwood Joseph Sobran, the late columnist and constitutional scholar, used to say that “anything called a program,” meaning most of what the federal government does, is ...
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Insights into the Constitution from English Social History
By: Rob Natelson If you want to understand the Constitution, you should know something of the social context that produced it. Very useful for this purpose are the chapters on ...
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The Day the Philadelphia Convention Narrowly Avoided Permanent Adjournment
By: Joe Wolverton, II “Something must be done, or we shall disappoint not only America, but the whole world…. We must make concessions on both sides. Without these, the constitutions ...
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The Constitution Stands in Their Way, So …
The Constitution does not just protect against human malevolence. It also protects against human stupidity. by Laura Hollis Ah, the Left. Ever ready to burn the foundations of America ...
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Tench Coxe: A Detailed Breakdown of State vs. Federal Powers
By: Mike Maharrey Despite being little known today, Tench Coxe was an influential founding father, and in early 1788, he provided what was possibly the most comprehensive list of examples ...
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