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The Ninth Amendment: The Tenth’s Partner

The Ninth Amendment: The Tenth’s Partner

“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” It works with the Tenth to reinforce limits on the federal government.

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South Carolina and State Sovereignty

On February 12, legislators from the State of South Carolina introduced a bill to affirm the rights not only of their own state, but of all states under the 9th and 10th Amendments to the US Constitution.  (h/t Paul Graham and George McLeod)
Here’s the full text:

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Montana Firearms Freedom Act

by Greg Heller, The Holy Cause
There is a new bill circulating in Montana’s legislature which has significant implications on several fronts in the battle for liberty, most notably that of States Rights, and the right to bear arms.  The bill can be read here, and is not a long read (freedom is much easier to [...]

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The Future of Limited Government

by Jeff Wartman
If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all. – Jacob Hornberger.
Every four years, voters in the United States are given a choice between two major party candidates in the Presidential election.  We are often told that either of these candidates are the “mainstream” candidates and [...]

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Enumerated Powers Act is Making Progress

from DownsizeDC.org
The “Enumerated Powers Act” would force Congress to cite its Constitutional authority for every law it passes. When we last reported to you in late July this bill had 52 co-sponsors in the House, and had just been introduced in the Senate by Tom Coburn, gaining a whopping 22 co-sponsors almost immediately.

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Enumerated Powers – and Nothing More

Following the rules.
We’re all asked (well…told, actually) that we need to do this each and every day.
The federal government tells us what to do more often that we even pay attention to.  We’re told that we need to give them money, we need to submit to patdowns at airports, we need to allow them to [...]

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