Nullification-Another Line of Defense Against National Healthcare

Those of you who visit TenthAmendmentCenter.com regularly already know that the health care vote yesterday is far from the end of things - and also know that even when it passes the Senate (which I assume some version will), it's still not the end of the road for...

Kansas Legislators Seek to Nullify National Healthcare

This Tuesday, 10-27-09, Kansas State Senator Mary Pilcher-Cook and other state legislators will be announcing a "Kansas Health Care Freedom Amendment" - a proposal for a state constitutional amendment that would effectively nullify national health care in that state. (h/t...

Misunderstanding the Preamble to the Constitution

It seems to me that after years and years of government-run education, people in this country just can't understand that everything - in some way - in the Constitution, was meant as a way to limit government...

The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Heard

When browsing the news this morning, I came across “the” big story of the day – Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. My first thought – is this some kind of joke?? Not until I found the announcement on the official Nobel website could I actually believe...

18th Century Definitions: General Welfare

While looking through a copy of Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" (published in 1755), one can find a number of interesting definitions that have broad-reaching effects on public policy. Here's two that are quite relevant these days: ...

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