Tag: States Rights
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Oregon Standoff: Isolated Event or Sign of Things to Come?
The nation’s attention turned to Oregon this week when a group calling itself Citizens for Constitutional Freedom seized control of part of a federal wildlife refuge. The citizens were protesting the harsh sentences given to members of the Hammond ranching family. The Hammonds were accused of allowing fires set on their property to spread onto…
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Left and Right Establishment Come Together on Secession: Shut Up About It!
These days there has been a lot of talk of nullification – the refusal of a state to allow the enforcement within its borders of an unconstitutional federal law – and even secession. This is not allowed in the United States. We are supposed to let the New York Times dictate the terms of the…
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Time to Castrate Congress
All over America, 10th Amendment groups are growing, along with bills being introduced in State Legislatures to reaffirm States’ Rights. The ever-increasing feeling in America is that our Federal Government has just gone too far. The latest affronts to our lives and our pocketbooks are the massive, un-Constitutional, Bailout and Stimulus bills which will put…