10 Years of Nullification
On Monday, I was on the Tom Woods show to discuss the nullification movement in light of the fact that 2020 will be the 10-year anniversary of the publication of …
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Confronting Big Government During a Crisis
I recently appeared on the Foreign Policy Focus podcast to talk about government overreach in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Kyle Anzelone had a pretty frank discussion on the struggle …
The Founders Warned Us: Huge National Debt is Dangerous to Liberty
$24 trillion – and climbing fast. It doesn’t matter which team is in power, it keeps going to the moon. But the founders warned us of the dangers of massive …
The March Budget Deficit Was the Calm Before the Storm
The U.S. government budget deficit in March came in at $119 billion, according to the latest US Treasury Department Report. That’s a massive budget shortfall. But it’s actually the calm …
The TSA’s Security Theater Timeline
Following the attacks of September 11th, Congress passed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA), creating the Transportation Security Agency (TSA). The TSA replaced private security screening companies with one government agency. Since …
Can the President “Send Congress Away”?
Can the president simply shut down Congress on a whim? Some people think he has this power. As one commenter put it in a Facebook post, “Article 2 Section 3 …
Why the Tenth Amendment Should Trump Trump if You Want Liberty
President Trump claimed “total authority” over when the country would “open for business” and end the coronavirus shutdown. Trump said, “The president of the United States calls the shots,” and …
Thomas Jefferson Was Right! Centralized Power is Bad for Liberty
Thomas Jefferson was right, “our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government.” @mmaharrey10th pic.twitter.com/c9cnNqjFHV — TenthAmendmentCenter (@TenthAmendment) April 16, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Thomas …
Joint Law Enforcement Task Forces are Creating a National Police State
Through the proliferation of joint law enforcement task forces, the federal government is creating a national police force that operates in a legal twilight zone with little or no oversight. …
Documents Reveal Federal Agency’s Enthusiasm for Mass Surveillance
A FOIA request by the Electronic Privacy Information Center revealed how excited the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) is about using CCTV cameras to create a national surveillance …