BILL OF RIGHTS - One Hundred Years of Resistance

Sun May 3, 2009 10:05 AM EDT

By estela2008 (Clipped by Mordecai Jones)

Well after the Bill of Rights was ratified the camps remained sharply divided between those who felt the Bill of Rights was a textual safeguard to civil liberties and those who felt it was a duplicative and unnecessary restraint on the government, since the government's powers …

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Montana fires warning shot over statesâ�� rights - Life- msnbc.com

Seeded on Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:07 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Montana is trying to trigger a battle over gun control — and perhaps make a larger point about what many folks in this ruggedly independent state regard as a meddlesome federal government.

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Assistance To Keep Politicians Honest

Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:22 AM EDT

Along with the repeal of the 17th Amendment and changing the wording of the 16th amendment to provide for a reasonably equitable system of taxation ( a flat tax) I would like to suggest that the following be considered:

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The Case for a Federalism Amendment - WSJ.com

Seeded on Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:20 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

In response to an unprecedented expansion of federal power, citizens have held hundreds of "tea party" rallies around the country, and various states are considering "sovereignty resolutions" invoking the Constitution's Ninth and Tenth Amendments.

politics, texas, constitution, states-rights, secession, federalism

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Mexico Battles Cartels, army becomes law

Seeded on Thu Apr 2, 2009 9:45 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

President Calderon is fully engaged in the war against the Narco-insurgency - This is a battle that requires American help

world-news, california, texas, arizona, new-mexico, enforcement-drugs, mexico-politics-law

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