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News on the Constitution’s ratification: More evidence the feds are exceeding their powers 0
- March 27, 2019
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.
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“Progressives” want federal control of drugs—unless they are harmful 0
- December 10, 2018
Colorado’s [marijuana “legalization”] is a jerrybuilt legal scheme that, like many other “progressive” programs, looks more like racketeering than true legalization.
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New case shows the Supreme Court’s defense of constitutional federalism is only tepid 0
- September 12, 2018
. . . 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.
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The Founders’ promises about what the Federal Government could NOT do 0
- June 3, 2018
Functions outside the federal sphere were to include “social services, education, criminal law, civil justice, land use, and others.”
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New information on the Constitution’s ratification — Part III: Vermont 0
- May 13, 2018
New Hampshire was, and is, quite a small state, but its ratification was particularly significant.
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State protection for citizen rights should temper ‘local control’0
- September 13, 2017
So when is local control good in reality rather than merely as a slogan?
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