The Misconception of the Separation of Church and State

On the day that the President of the United States groundbreakingly proclaimed his personal support for same sex marriage, and likely not so coincidentally, the day after the people of North Carolina voted in favor of a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage,  it seems fitting to discuss famous words which are invoked time and [...]

Obama’s Supreme Court Power Play

President Obama stated yesterday that it would be “unprecedented” for the Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare. “I am confident that this will be upheld because it should be upheld,” Obama continued, “Ultimately I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was [...]

The One That Got Away

By Tim Dunkin STATESMAN SENTINEL December 8, 2011 If nothing else, Carlos Rafael of New Bedford, Massachusetts will always have a whopper of a fish story to tell his grandkids, as he regales them with tales of the 881 lb. tuna that got away from him.  Or rather, was taken away from him, as the [...]

Rep Walsh Calls for Attorney General Holder to Resign

Gun Owners of America Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) sent a scathing rebuke to Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday and called on him to resign his post at the Justice Department. Noting that Holder needed to “take responsibility” for implicating the United States as an accessory to violent crimes committed by the Mexican drug cartels, Walsh [...]

The Right to Keep and Bear Cameras

By Tim Dunkin STATESMAN SENTINEL September 22, 2011 One of the fundamental premises upon which any truly free society must be based is the notion that the government is open, transparent, and accountable to the citizens.  To the extent that this is not the case, a society cannot be called “free,” and it is a [...]

Senator Rand Paul Opposes PATRIOT Act Renewal

STATESMAN SENTINEL February 15, 2011 Last night, the Senate tried to sneak through a 3-year extension of the PATRIOT Act under unanimous consent, but because Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky stood up and objected, its renewal was prevented. Rand Paul’s recorded statement regarding why he opposes the so-called “PATRIOT” Act, can be viewed below, as [...]

Utah Intrastate Commerce Project Starts Legislative Initiative, Federal Agriculture Regulations First to be Exempted

Introducing the Utah Intrastate Commerce Project By Connor Boyack Utah Tenth Amendment Center Throwing any anachronistic caution to the wind, Congress now assumes the authority to regulate anything and everything it deems worthy of its attention. Over 300 federal regulatory agencies exist, such as the FDA, EPA, USDA, CDC, OSHA, HHS, ATF, FDIC, FAA, FCC, [...]

A Re-Write of the Bill of Rights through the Preamble

By Robert Greenslade With the 219th anniversary of the adoption of the document known as Bill of Rights only hours away, every American who has graduated from high school should be able to explain the original intent of the Amendments in ten minutes or less. Unfortunately, this is not the case. The last thing the [...]

Government’s Law

The Northwest Report Newton’s Law:  For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Government’s Law:   For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction upon your liberty. This seems to be the case after the several years of analyzing the actions taken by those who have sworn to serve us.  One way or [...]

Connecticut Attorney General Candidate Favors Nullification

By Thomas E. Woods, Jr Martha Dean, the Republican nominee for attorney general in Connecticut, repeated her support for state nullification of unconstitutional federal laws in Monday night’s debate.  She opened up my book Nullification and quoted from Jonathan Trumbull, the nineteenth-century Connecticut governor who declared: “Whenever our national legislature is led to overleap the prescribed [...]

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