How did a government born in the shackles provided by a written constitution designed to limit its power swell into the all-powerful OZ?
Post Tagged with: "Federalism"
January 18, 2012 07:20
Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Violates Federalism – Coerces States
If Congress is allowed to attach conditions to spending that the states cannot refuse in order to achieve an objective it could not outright mandate, the local/national distinction that is so central to federalism will be erased.
January 2, 2012 09:50
New Year’s Resolutions for Conservatives
As conservatives continue to rediscover the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, it is important to use words and embrace ideas that are consistent with our Founding principles.
December 6, 2011 12:41
President Obama’s Top 10 Constitutional Violations
The Obama administration and its allies in Congress have perpetrated more than their share of such mob-like actions.
May 13, 2011 04:00
High-Speed Rail and Federalism
Subsidizing passenger-rail is no more a proper role of the federal government than education or housing.
March 25, 2011 05:04
End Federal Welfare – Don’t Mend It
Instead of tinkering with federal welfare programs, let’s have the public discussion and debate over the fundamental justness and desirability of letting Washington dictate how to meet the needs of the less fortunate.
September 17, 2010 07:43
The Constitution’s AG
Regardless of his wishes about tangling with the federal government, those battles are making Cuccinelli — elected attorney general in 2009 as part of a GOP sweep in the commonwealth — a national name in the Republican Party and the conservative movement.
September 13, 2010 05:25
Health Care Law Could Mean End of Federalism If It Is Upheld, Virginia AG Warns
“It would be very destructive of the history of government in this country. We would have severely damaged what the founders gave us and what a million people over the history of this country have died to preserve, and we have a lot of work to do ahead of us. But we’ll work very hard to win this one.” – Cuccinelli
