Tenth Amendment Remembered

...from Tenth Amendment Center Coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the economy, but a bigger more dangerous virus has done far more damage – the virus of big government. "If it wasn't for the federal government taxing and spending us into oblivion, people would've been able to save some money." @mmaharrey10th pic.twitter.com/hTYsm2CW3f — TenthAmendmentCenter (@TenthAmendment) April 27, 2020 For Further Reading That Didn’t Take Long: U.S. National Debt Exceeds $24 Trillion Smoke and Mirrors: The “Greatest Economy” Is Built on Spending and Debt How the Fed Wrecks the Economy The Founders Warned Us: Huge National Debt is Dangerous to Liberty The March Budget Deficit Was the Calm Before the Storm Mike Maharrey April 30, 2020 at 03:47PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center In times of crisis and fear, government power always grows faster. And surveillance is one of the worst. In this episode, get an overview of where facial recognition is today, where it could go in the future, and steps that need to be taken to stop it. Path to Liberty: April 29, 2020 PODCAST VERSION Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Subscribe and Review on iTunes Face Off: Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Technology New York Ed Department Blocks Funding for Facial Recognition Technology ALTERNATE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Brighteon Watch on Bitchute Watch on BitTube Watch on LBRY Watch on Twitch.tv Watch on Periscope Watch on Facebook Watch on DLive FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest Brave: Use Brave Browser fo...

...from Tenth Amendment Center The massive set of stimulus measures rolled out last month by the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve has left many Americans wanting more; and politicians scheming for new ways to dole out additional trillions in cash. Most taxpayers have already received their $1,200 “stimulus” payments. However, that one-time payment will do little to repair the long-term financial health of the 26 million (and rising) who are newly unemployed. And it surely won’t bail out all the small business owners who were callously deemed “non-essential” and forced to shut down during this pandemic. A national WalletHub survey found that 84 percent of Americans want another stimulus check. The idea of getting free money is understandably appealing, especially during times of extreme economic anxiety. But ultimately, there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. All government handouts come at a cost that will be paid one way or another. A group of young radical...

...from Tenth Amendment Center ALBANY , N.Y. (April 29, 2020) – The New York State Education Department has blocked schools from using a state funding mechanism to purchase facial recognition systems. According to the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Lockport City School District purchased a facial recognition system using state funds allocated through the Smart Schools Bond Act (SSBA). This program set aside $2 billion to “improve learning and opportunity for students” throughout New York. In an unannounced move, the education department changed SSBA application requirements specifically barring funds for the purchase of facial recognition technology. The N.Y. Education Department website now stipulates, “The Review Board is not currently approving plans that include facial recognition technology or other similar self-learning analytic software.” In an email, Deputy Director, Education Policy Center New York Civil Liberties Union Stefanie Coyle called the change, “huge.” “W...

...from Tenth Amendment Center South Dakota is different than New York. Duh, right? So why would we expect New York coronavirus policies to be appropriate for South Dakota? And vice versa, for that matter, too. But when all government flows from Washington D.C., that’s exactly what we get – one-size-fits-all policy dictated from on high that may or may not be effective in a given region. Usually not. The Tenth Amendment has suddenly become all the rage in some circles after President Trump claimed to have “total authority.” Of course, he doesn’t. The federal government can only exercise delegated powers. Running quarantines and shutting down businesses for a virus is not among those powers. That means the authority remains with the states and the people. I’m pleased that Trump didn’t push his fake total authority and left the decision-making power where it belongs – with the governors. But it’s not just about political theory. I am a believer in decentralization for pract...

...from Tenth Amendment Center I recently appeared on the Decentralized Revolution podcast to talk about the Constitution as a decentralizing document and nullification as a strategy for liberty. “I think decentralization is the best path forward in terms of creating space for liberty – devolving power away from the top, pushing it down toward more state, and then local, and ultimately we’d love it to be at the individual level. But I think we have to go through a process to get there. And the Constitution creates some kind of framework within the American system that can help move us toward a more decentralized system.” After a general discussion on the Constitution and decentralization, we cover several specific issues including marijuana and the Second Amendment. Mike Maharrey April 28, 2020 at 05:42AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center Although some people believe the 10th Amendment is just about advancing “states rights,” for the Founders, devolving power away from the general government was not about empowering state governments. It was a tool to oppose the great enemy of liberty – consolidation. Path to Liberty: April 27, 2020 PODCAST VERSION Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Subscribe and Review on iTunes Jefferson to Granger Why the 10th Amendment? Debates: Roger Sherman Washington’s Farewell Address John Adams to Jonathan Jackson, 2 October 1780 Why Libertarians Should Support “States’ Rights” Debates: George Mason ALTERNATE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Brighteon Watch on Bitchute Watch on BitTube Watch on LBRY Watch on Twitch.tv Watch on Periscope Watch on Facebook Watch on DLive FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthame...

...from Tenth Amendment Center According to the Tax Foundation, Tax Freedom Day “is the day when the nation as a whole has earned enough money to pay its total tax bill for the year.” Tax Freedom Day “takes all federal, state, and local taxes and divides them by the nation’s income”; that is, “every dollar that is officially part of net national income according to the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.” For the last two years, Tax Freedom Day has fallen on April 16, 105 days into the year. Tax Freedom Day for those living in high-tax states such as New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut actually came later, just as Tax Freedom Day arrived sooner for those living in states with lower taxes such as Alaska, Oklahoma, and Florida. During 2019, Americans paid “$3.4 trillion in federal taxes and $1.8 trillion in state and local taxes, for a total bill of over $5.2 trillion, or 29 percent of the nation’s income.” Americans collectively spent “more on taxes in 2019” tha...

...from Tenth Amendment Center Constitutionality depends on the Constitution as understood at ratification, not on the actions of politicians or the opinions of politically connected lawyers. "This should be super obvious. Just because congress passes a bill doesn't mean it's constitutional." @mmaharrey10th pic.twitter.com/2ZJLfjl8bu — TenthAmendmentCenter (@TenthAmendment) April 23, 2020 For Further Reading Constitution 101: Who Decides Constitutionality? Who Made the Supreme Court King? Constitution 101: The Judiciary and Judicial Review Mike Maharrey April 27, 2020 at 05:40AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center Americans will potentially be subject to a lifetime schedule of mandated vaccines in the very near future. This would be an expansion of the childhood mandates already in place. Mandated vaccinations constitute state planning of our immune systems and, for the reasons discussed below, are as harmful to our health as state planning is to our economy. The human immune system, like an economy, is an extremely complex, self-regulating system. Just as natural laws and forces drive an economy, they also drive an immune system. The Failures of State Economic Intervention State intervention causes unintended consequences and ignores opportunity costs. Followers of the Austrian school of economics , a school of free-market economics, understand that a complex system of spontaneous, naturally occurring economic phenomena exist, which harmonize human activity and uplift society. They further understand that state intervention disrupts this system, causing ha...

...from Tenth Amendment Center In the system of the Founders, the powers of both the “general government and the state governments” are “emanations of power from the people.” The 10th Amendment was widely understood to reaffirm this revolutionary principle. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: April 24, 2020 PODCAST VERSION Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Subscribe and Review on iTunes Tenth Refresher and Previous Episodes Popular sovereignty – Lash James Wilson Dec 1 1787 James Wilson Dec 11 1787 Tench Coxe To the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania Jan 1788 The Evolution of Sovereignty in American Political Thought The Evolution of Sovereignty in American Political Thought: Part 2 Declaration – free and independent states A brief history of the 10th Amendment – Lash Dickinson Fabius IV April 19 1788 Dickinson Fabius VIII April 29 1788 Hamilton Fed 32 Madison Fed 39 Madison thirteen sove...