Tenth Amendment Center

Obama’s Fake Federalism

20. Nov, 2009 37715 CommentsObama%27s+Fake+Federalism2009-11-20+20%3A59%3A00Tenth+Amendment

Friends of federalism cheered last month when the Obama administration reversed the Bush policy of prosecuting medical marijuana cases in states that have legalized the practice. Welcome though that change was, let’s hold the applause.

Federalism, State Sovereignty

10th Amendment, medical-marijuana, obama

Choosing Federalism, Choosing Freedom

13. Nov, 2009 36688 CommentsChoosing+Federalism%2C+Choosing+Freedom2009-11-13+08%3A19%3A58Tenth+Amendment

We are going to need an acute dosage of federalism to even begin ridding ourselves of the disease destroying the body of our once-great federation.

Featured, Federalism

decentralization, Featured, freedom, state Sovereignty

The Hollowing Out of American Federalism

12. Nov, 2009 363110 Comments2009-11-12+08%3A45%3A03Tenth+Amendment

Reviving America and restoring liberty to Americans won’t be simple because we are too far down the road to serfdom for simple unwinding and backtracking. It is not self-evidently obvious what a true Restorative Revolution would look like but the civil rights movement offers a model that may be the last best hope we have before passing a point of no return.

Federalism, History

Constitution, decentralization

The Left vs. the “Tenthers”: On Getting States’ Rights Wrong

27. Oct, 2009 354315 Comments2009-10-28+01%3A21%3A24Tenth+Amendment

It is no surprise that America’s renewed focus on the separation between state and federal authority has created an almost hysterical rage on the Left. Collectivist ideologues are always necessarily threatened by divisions of power.

Federalism, State Sovereignty

Ken Cuccinelli, Tenthers, The Left

Keep it Local!

27. Oct, 2009 353225 CommentsKeep+it+Local%212009-10-27+10%3A47%3A14Tenth+Amendment

Does it not seem wrong that the mere few hundred politicians in the Federal Government have the power to control 300 million people?

Featured, Federalism

decentralization, Government, Liberty

A Note to the Huffington Post: Federalism Is Not ‘Progressive’

14. Oct, 2009 340417 Comments2009-10-15+01%3A20%3A54Tenth+Amendment

HuffPo’s version of the Constitution. Heads they win, tails you lose.

Featured, Federalism

decentralization, Huffington Post, Progressive Federalism

Getting the 10th Amendment Right

10. Oct, 2009 33650 CommentsGetting+the+10th+Amendment+Right2009-10-10+13%3A46%3A50Tenth+Amendment

Federalism, Video

10th Amendment, Constitution, state Sovereignty

Jefferson’s Union

07. Oct, 2009 33317 CommentsJefferson%27s+Union2009-10-07+07%3A21%3A41Tenth+Amendment

Jefferson’s account of the nature of the Union–a voluntary contract among free and independent States in order to establish a common caretaker for few and enumerated things–contains a great deal of common sense

Federalism, Founding Principles

Kentucky Resolutions, state Sovereignty, thomas jefferson

Federalism, Freedom and the Constitution

02. Oct, 2009 32684 Comments2009-10-02+07%3A41%3A36Tenth+Amendment

Constitution, Federalism, Video

decentralization, Drug War, Health Care, marriage

California Senate to Feds: Back Off!

04. Sep, 2009 295420 Comments2009-09-04+07%3A43%3A21Michael+Boldin

My home state of California usually interacts with the federal government by genuflecting. But, on a few issues – very few, that is – they’ve got plenty of backbone.

Drug War, Featured, Federalism

California Sovereignty, commerce-clause, Drug War, Firearms Freedom Act, medical-marijuana