“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on the objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” James Madison-1792, in disapproval of Congress appropriating $15,000 to assist some French refugees “I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity. [...]

Here’s a post from Powerline on Pelosi’s outrageous attempt to ‘claw back’ the bonuses paid to AIG employees through legislative action to tax a specific group of Americans. I’m stupefied to find that some people are defending the constitutionality of Nancy Pelosi’s discriminatory, confiscatory and retroactive tax on people who receive bonus income from companies [...]

George Will wrote a column in the Washington Post, within which he called on Senator Feingold to call for the repeal of the amendment, rather than a modification for situations in which a replacement Senator must be chosen by a Govenor, as was the case in the recent Blago debacle.  You can read his comments [...]

I’m not kidding. You can read the proposed bill here.  I saw something about this on Glenn Beck’s show and found a few blog references on it.  Apparently, law makers in Connecticut believe themselves to have sufficient authority to violate the 1st Amendment and take control of the finances of all Catholic Diocese within their [...]

This was sent by a friend and I though you might find it interesting – especially as she tells them what the 2nd amendment is all about.

Prudently Jealous?  While being glued to the television,the radio and the internet for the last year and a half, with the campaign, the election, the first bailout, the  inauguration, the economic stimulous etc.  I slowly began to feel this pressure building within my skull.  Yes, my head was going to explode from all of the interjections and [...]

Oh no, OMB, you’re not going to write a tedious, morality-laden article on the American Holocaust are you?  What is it, some 50 million American lives destroyed in the womb since 1973? What’s the big deal? Well, yes, I am – but not today.

Mike has a lot of good things to say, hopefully, the Rebublicrats will listen to him.  Found on Ace of Spades HQ

And so, it begins.    Attorney General Eric Holder announced this week that the Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban. This is the first step in the disarming of the American populace. Per Jason Ryan, ABC News, “Holder said that putting the ban back in place would not only be a [...]

Over the last month or so, a number of States Legislatures have had measures introduced reaffirming the rights of the states under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution.  This amendment basically says that the Federal Government’s power over the States is limited to those functions enumerated in the Constitution, and that if it’s not in [...]

In 1913, the U.S. Congress abdicated its constitutionally ascribed responsibility to “To coin money, regulate the value thereof…” with The Federal Reserve Act, or the Glass-Owens Bill, which was passed on December 23.  It is interesting to note that final vote in the House was 298yea, 60nay, 76 not voting and, more importantly, in the [...]

  “The system is broken” and, paraphrasing, ‘it corrupts the people we send to Washington D.C.’.   Sen. John McCain has said this, or something to this effect, literally hundreds of times in the media over the last ten years – sometimes followed by “We need meaningful campaign finance reform.”  From this rhetoric spawned the [...]