Tenth Amendment Center

Writes Mary Pilcher-Cook: “As James Madison specified in Federalist #45, the U.S. Constitution creates a federal government of specific listed powers, not one of wide-ranging and far-reaching power that usurps the state’s authority and the rights of the people.”

The Framers never contemplated FISA, and I cannot conceive of Jefferson, Madison, or even Hamilton condoning it.

At this time in history, freedom is once again a revolutionary product. And if we are going to take on our massive federal government and replace the socialism it is offering with true individual freedom, then we had better have a strategic plan that is designed to leverage our strengths to the maximum.

On the heels of a successful state-level resistance to the 2005 Real ID Act, activists and state legislators alike are focusing their efforts on state governments as a way to resist new federal programs. The latest? Health Care.

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal today transmitted the following memorandum and proposed resolution on state sovereignty to the Wyoming Legislature’s Management Council.

“My friends, take heart. There is hope. Our nation is not yet gone – our youth are not all weak and ignorant. Encourage your children and grandchildren to become the new “Founders” of our time, to rebuild and restore the foundations the original founders built.”

“We will come together on August 1st specifically to support the Tenth Amendment and the State Sovereignty Resolutions currently working their way through the General Assembly in Ohio.”

According to the theory of popular sovereignty, the people were presumed to retain all powers not expressly delegated away.

From Grassroots Central: “Forcing current and campaigning public officials to take a principled and public stand (yea or nay) on the 10th Amendment and the Enumerated Powers Act will flush officials out into the open about their dedication to the very document they swore to uphold.”

The Sovereigns of each State have never ceded to the Federal government any power not granted to it by the US Constitution