The Constitution was from day one an instrument to consolidate Federal power and expand it. The Constitution has proven to be a weak reed in every attempt to slow down the expansion of Federal power. It has proven utterly impotent to roll Federal power back as little as a decade, ever.
Post Tagged with: "Jefferson"
July 4, 2010 12:49
The moral and political genius of the Declaration of Independence
What Jefferson Wrought – The author of the Declaration laid the philosophical bedrock of the American republic.
March 4, 2010 06:51
Limiting an Overreaching Federal Government: Is State Nullification (10th Amendment movement) the Solution? A Constitutional Analysis
Nullification places minority power above majority power. The majority may sometimes be wrong, but when that occurs, Washington reminded Americans that changes must be made only by using “the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.”
February 26, 2010 06:09
Christophobia? Liberal Paranoia About Christian Conservatives
Liberals accuse conservatives of being theocrats, when they are the ones trying to chill religious freedom and expression.
