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Federalism and the 10th Amendment

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Saturday’s ‘Freedom is Rising’ show, on August 14th, focused on federalism and the 10th Amendment.

We are going to begin exploring the ideals we are losing in our dialog today. Federalism, what is it? In the beginning what was understood to be our Federal Government? How important was the 10th Amendment in this new experiment?  It is a critically important time in our history where we must restore the dialog, control the proper vocabulary, help restore federalism.  Support our states’ efforts to interpose between the ever oppressive national government, operating outside of their enumerated powers, and citizens who still control our government should we stand united… Continue reading

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Interposition is the cousin of nullification

While states’ rights generate a firestorm of emotions, with opponents claiming supporters simply want to return to the days of slavery and racism, nullification often creates a sense of confusion. Many people feel they are well educated in the subject of federalism while holding a core conviction federal law is supreme. After all, this is what they remember being taught in their high school and college American Government classes. So, the idea of a State thinking it can declare federal law null and void simply fails to register. Continue reading

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State nullification trumps federal supremacy

Most colleges in the United States teach students about the Supremacy Clause. This references the second clause of Article VI of the United States Constitution. Article VI is composed of 3 clauses which read; Continue reading

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