Tenth Amendment Center

I recently received a promotional email from the so-called “right-wing” RedState.com.  In it was a plea to support the troops - by promoting a “national expression of thanks to our military men and women during the Thanksgiving Day holiday.”

More striking than this, though, was one small sentence near the end of the email - which highlighted, with a sense of pride, that American troops are based…everywhere. Read more »

Guest Commentary by David Smith

The concept of the Constitution of the United States is not to award unlimited Powers to the Federal Government or to Congress. See also the ideas expressed in Col. Crockett’s speech from my blog, “Not Yours To Give” from a few days ago. The idea is that the States were free and independent States that were ceding Power, but only what Powers were enumerated within the Constitution.

Remember the Declaration of Independence? Read more »

If you are concerned at all about liberty, the economy, the Constitution and the power of the Federal Government - you cannot ignore our longest and most costly war - the War on Drugs.

It’s now 35 years after Dick Nixon started this “war” -  and we now have over 1 million - yes, 1 MILLION - non-violent people sitting behind bars.  People who are in jail not for harming other people, but for making a personal choice that the politicians in government don’t want them to make.

And you - yes, you - are paying for their room and board. Read more »

The debates over whether Waterboarding constitutes torture or not have been quite heated as of late. Democrats in the Senate have been saying they may not confirm Michael Mukasey as attorney general based on his unclear legal positions on the issue - but some key Dems are now saying that they will approve him. Read more »