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March 4, 2010 08:17

Tea Party Amendment – limit spending

Spending Limit Amendment to the Constitution that would restrain the federal government to the average expenditures of the post-World War II era — 20% of the U.S. economy. It would take a declaration of war or a two-thirds vote by Congress to waive the spending constraints.

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.”