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A culture of obedience and compliance guarantees that government will never stop growing - and defiance and nullification represent the “rightful remedy” to usurpations of power. But today, many people live in fear - and never take the steps needed to help advance liberty. The post Fear is the Foundation of Government Power appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .

Even when states end civil asset forfeiture, a federal program called “equitable sharing” encourages them to participate in a federal version anyway. But the states can opt-out and nullify the federal program into oblivion, where it belongs. The post Nullify the Federal “Equitable Sharing” Asset Forfeiture Program appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .

The founders warned us - over and over and over again - about the dangers to liberty from war. As James Madison put it, war gives us armies, which lead to debts and taxes. This trifecta makes up the “known instruments for putting the many under the domination of the few.” The post Armies and Debts and Taxes. Oh My! appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .

Applying Thomas Jefferson’s strategy for advancing liberty to the massive and ever-growing surveillance state we live under today. One state is following it well, and all other states should copy their strategy as much as possible. The post Thomas Jefferson vs the Surveillance State appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .

In his series of 18 letters, Federal Farmer repeatedly warned about the dangers of centralized power, predicting that the proposed government would end in “the destruction of freedom.” Path to Liberty: August 14, 2023 The post Antifederalist: Top Warnings from the Federal Farmer appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .

In his last major speech during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry warned against the potential for “ten thousand implied powers,” and called for a number of amendments prior to ratification. The post Ten Thousand Implied Powers: Patrick Henry’s Final Antifederalist Speech appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .

Everywhere you turn, it seems like people are at each other’s throats. Everything has gotten political - and it’s only going to keep getting worse. Unless, of course, the people see the source of the problem - consolidation and factions and factions and consolidation - and take action to reject it. The post Decentralization: The Cure for Polarization appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .

If you want to understand the Constitution - its original, legal meaning - don’t rely exclusively, or even primarily on the Federalist Papers. You’ll want to read other federalists like James Wilson, Tench Coxe and John Dickinson, plus the leading Anti-federalists as well. The post There’s Much More than Just the Federalist Papers appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .

To support the constitution and liberty, these four big federal monstrosities absolutely need to go. But that doesn’t mean we should ever expect the people with power to voluntarily give up that power. The post Top-4 That Need to Go appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .

Most efforts to stop federal programs miss the mark in a big way. Instead of striking the root, they hack at branches, often setting the stage for more of the same in the future. The post Swing and a Miss: ATF, CBDC, Dept of Education appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .

If we truly want to build a real “land of the free,” it’s essential to understand the source of our problems. Using the wisdom and warnings of leading founders and old revolutionaries - we can point to consolidation, or centralization of power. The post Strike the Root: Consolidation appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .

In a series of speeches during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry warned against a combination of the treaty, the judicial power and - the supremacy clause - that it would lead to government violating individual liberty with impunity. The post Treaties, Trials and Supremacy: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speeches 8-10 appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .

In his series of essays, Brutus repeatedly warned about the dangers of centralized power, predicting that the proposed government would end up exercising “infinite” and “incomprehensible” power. The post Top Warnings from the Antifederalist Brutus appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center .