Colorado granted Class VI primacy for carbon sequestration wells
On October 13, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted Colorado permitting authority over Class VI injection wells, which store carbon dioxide underground. Starting on November 12, the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) will be the primary permitting authority for these wells except on tribal lands, where EPA will remain in charge. […]
Biden’s nasty speech and the nation’s governors
Many states have governors with no illusions about this administration, and who understand what its direction is likely to be. If those governors have not begun already to plan for a crisis, they had better start now.
Why overturning Roe v. Wade causes so much rage
For the pure political operative, the truth of a statement or its value as public policy is entirely irrelevant. For the pure political operative, issues are just weapons.
Defending the Constitution: limits on federal authority
A final reason for decentralization is much less widely understood: Political decentralization promotes human progress.
How states should push back against the Biden administration
States can refuse to cooperate with a federal program or enforce an unconstitutional federal law.
Should we interpret the Constitution so the feds can oversee everything affecting more than one state?
As the framers did with so many other decisions, in allocating authority between states and federal government they balanced competing values.
How our Constitution was supposed to work: new evidence comes to light
. . . [A]ctivities over which the Constitution granted the federal government little or no jurisdiction [included] social services . . . education, religion, real estate, local businesses, most roads and other infrastructure, nearly all criminal law matters, and most civil court cases.
How the Founders told us the Constitution would restrict federal power
This new article presents even more evidence on how the federal government was supposed to be limited.
News on the Constitution’s ratification: More evidence the feds are exceeding their powers
The Constitution created a strictly limited central government, which . . . would have no authority over religion, most criminal offenses, civil justice, social services, education, or most aspects of transportation or the economy.
“Progressives” want federal control of drugs—unless they are harmful
Colorado’s [marijuana “legalization”] is a jerrybuilt legal scheme that, like many other “progressive” programs, looks more like racketeering than true legalization.
New case shows the Supreme Court’s defense of constitutional federalism is only tepid
. . . Those who adopted the Constitution understood that governance of recreational activities, such as sports, was reserved to the states. Regulation of in-state gambling, like other moral issues, similarly was outside the federal sphere.
The Founders’ promises about what the Federal Government could NOT do
Functions outside the federal sphere were to include “social services, education, criminal law, civil justice, land use, and others.”