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The Battle To Restore Sovereignty To Colorado
Updated 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Source: http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/
The Bill of Rights of The Constitution protects your right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness by telling the government what they can’t do. There is one amendment that specifically limits the powers of the federal government over your life.
This amendment keeps the federal government confined to the Constitution of the United States.
10th Amendment
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are ...
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Josh Eboch 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Wordpress
“The Bill of Rights of The Constitution protects your right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness by telling the government what they can’t do.”
So the Bill of Rights protects our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness by explaining to power-hungry bureaucrats and politicians what they may not do.
Makes perfect sense to me. I wonder why Ralph can’t
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Michael Boldin 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Wordpress
@ralpher
That’s a pretty idiotic comment. Rod didn’t say anything about those words being in the constitution. Where did you see him say that?
Try reading that first sentence again – maybe your grade school grammar skills will kick in?? Hope so!
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Makesmeralph 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Wordpress
The constitution and the bill of rights says nothing about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That’s the Declaration of Independence. Just out of curiosity, where did you go to grade school?
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uberVU - social comments 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Wordpress
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This post was mentioned on Reddit by df1: If this is not the case then US can no longer be considered a constitutional republic. Anything less is a corrupt government….
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arealreactionary 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
The problem is that the constitution has no enforcement mechanism.
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nothingchimp 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
It could be enforced if people were willing/able to take their disputes all the way to the SCOTUS. And they really do come down on the side of property owners most of the time, depends on which way Kennedy is feeling when he wakes up in the morning.
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SpiderJerusalem 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
It does it just comes at a price most of us are not willing to pay. Yet.
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Michael Boldin 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Wordpress
Great first post, Rod! Looking forward to more from you in the near future!
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AusIV 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
The constitution isn't some magical flawless document, but it has an amendment process to fix those flaws as necessary. The problem now is that the federal government finds it more convenient to ignore the constitution than to go through the amendment process, meaning there are basically no limits on the power of the federal government.
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James_Johnson 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Reddit
This depends on your philosophy regarding the Constitution. Judicial conservatives tend to take a pretty orginalist view whereas others (including Thurgood Marshall, btw) tend to view it as a living document, where the interpretation can change according to the cultural context in which it's being applied.
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AusIV 3 months, 2 weeks ago on Reddit
I can accept the living document thing to some extent, but some interpretations have nothing to do with what the constitution actually says. The interstate commerce clause reads:
> [The Congress shall have power] To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes
Yet this has been interpreted let congress limit things that have nothing
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nothingchimp 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
Well that's not entirely true, everyone here seems to ignore it when the SCOTUS does put limits on the Legislature, I'd try looking [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Lopez), and then [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Morrison) to get an idea of what the limits are. Basically right now it comes down to: if it's part of the "economy" then Congress can regulate it ... See all content
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AusIV 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
That's true, but things like the interstate commerce clause have been stretched way beyond their original scope. When alcohol was federally prohibited in 1919, they knew they needed a constitutional amendment to do so. But today, people who grow marijuana for personal use are facing federal charges under the interstate commerce clause, when their drug use is neither interstate nor a part of commerce ... See all content
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theantirobot 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
Rewrite the constitution and rebuild the capitol as a piece of software, a web application. Then let them try to do things the government wasn't made to do.
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remembercrunchy 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
Yes, because that can only be done from a complete rewrite. Please, don't be a software engineer.
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rightc0ast 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
What you must learn Neo is that these rules are no different than the rules of a computer system. Some of them can can be bent. Others, can be broken.
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Swishhhhh 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
Dear courts. I firmly disagree with the way you've been ruling. Rather than follow an amendment process, you've broadly expanded the federal government's power through a very loose interpretation of that document.
I am now asking you to overturn every decision you've made that didn't follow the amendment process. Please diminish your own power greatly.
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nothingchimp 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
If there is a direct economic impact then you probably have standing (meaning you can sue). But, no, taxpayer status alone probably won't do it, only very narrow Constitutionally explicit violations (1st amendment) have had that effect.
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nixfu 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
The constitution is dead.
Its hardly worth anything at this point.
The federal government is now totally without limits on its powers.
We are only about 20 years away from having national police and fire services, and eliminating the need for local and state governments totally.
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nothingchimp 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
Your conclusions really don't follow from your premise there. Just because one gets stronger does not necessarily mean that the other gets weaker. They can have different areas that they address. Local and State governments don't really seem that powerless to me, just corrupt.And State's all have constitutions that give you added rights to the floor of Federal constitutional rights so maybe move somewhere ... See all content
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memefilter 3 months, 3 weeks ago on Reddit
Thanks for your help, you're really making a difference.
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