Post archive for ‘History’
Posted by Tenth Amendment on January 1st, 2012 | Categorized as History, Network Posts | Tagged as constitution, declaration of independence, george washington, georgia, inflation, maine, new york, revolution, sovereignty, taxes
A review of what one might call the greatest history book on the American experiment ever written…
Posted by Tenth Amendment on May 2nd, 2011 | Categorized as History, Network Posts | Tagged as civil war, constitution, declaration of independence, epa, kansas, nullification, tenth amendment
Tenthers, take heart… As in 1688, today’s contest of ideas is being waged over tomorrow’s Liberty. One generation’s radicals are another generation’s visionaries.
Posted by Tenth Amendment on April 12th, 2011 | Categorized as History, Network Posts | Tagged as civil war, constitution, declaration of independence, north carolina, revolution, sovereignty
First, there was the Halifax Resolves. Then there was the Declaration of Independence.
Posted by Tenth Amendment on March 25th, 2011 | Categorized as History, Network Posts | Tagged as connecticut, constitution, epa, firearms, John McCain, kentucky, medical marijuana, north carolina, nullification, politics, republic, revolution, sovereignty, thomas jefferson
What do we do about a government without limits? Nullify Now!
Posted by Tenth Amendment on March 13th, 2011 | Categorized as History, Network Posts | Tagged as constitution, illinois, indiana, nullification, republic, supreme court, tenth amendment
In the 1850s, the issue was states rights…northern states rights rejecting federal slave laws.
Posted by Tenth Amendment on February 23rd, 2011 | Categorized as History, Network Posts | Tagged as civil war, constitution, florida, kentucky, maine, new york, north carolina, nullification, south carolina, state sovereignty, supreme court
Students accustomed to equating states’ rights with South Carolina may be stunned to learn that it was the Wisconsin Supreme Court asserting the nullification doctrine in the mid-1850s.
Posted by Tenth Amendment on February 3rd, 2011 | Categorized as History, Network Posts | Tagged as california, civil war, constitution, idaho, kentucky, medical marijuana, nullification, revolution, state sovereignty, supreme court, tenth amendment
It’s not just the left that’s confused about nullification, it’s the right too. Steve Palmer takes on the standard objections.
Posted by Tenth Amendment on December 18th, 2010 | Categorized as History, Network Posts | Tagged as civil war, connecticut, constitution, declaration of independence, epa, kentucky, new york, nullification, revolution, sovereignty, state sovereignty, supreme court, taxes, tenth amendment, thomas jefferson
Prior to the creation and ratification of the U.S. Constitution, the states were separate countries—sovereign political bodies with no superior authority.
Posted by Tenth Amendment on December 17th, 2010 | Categorized as History, Network Posts | Tagged as civil war, constitution, epa, google, kentucky, medical marijuana, new york, nullification, real id, republic, tenth amendment, thomas jefferson
resistance to injustice has been a part of American civic life since the ratification of the Constitution.
Posted by Tenth Amendment on November 22nd, 2010 | Categorized as History, Network Posts | Tagged as bailouts, constitution, nullification, revolution, sovereignty, statism, tea party, tenth amendment
The philosophical ideas that would give rise to the protections granted in the Tenth Amendment were present before the Revolutionary War even started.