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Government is best and most responsive to the individual when it is closest to them. We're talking about the local, the county, and even the state level.
Published: Monday, December 12th, 2022 @ 9:23 am
By: Diane Rufino
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When I talk to folks about the Constitution, I usually comment that “the Constitution holds all the answers to the problems that are plaguing us as a country,” and as a republic.
Published: Thursday, September 15th, 2022 @ 12:03 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia, might be America’s most interesting personality, and is surely one of its wisest and noblest characters.
Published: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 @ 11:42 am
By: Diane Rufino
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On September 3, 1783, representatives from the American states, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay, and a representative of King George III signed the Treaty of Paris to officially end the American Revolutionary War against Great Britain.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 12:09 am
By: Diane Rufino
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In 1791, Thomas Jefferson wrote an opinion on the constitutionality of a National Bank. It is an important commentary on the meaning and intent of the US Constitution, in particular the two general clauses - the General Welfare Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause.
Published: Wednesday, September 19th, 2018 @ 7:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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He may be a flawed individual, but he is the RIGHT kind of individual for government. He is an unashamed, unapologetic, and undetered interposer against federal tyranny.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2018 @ 3:29 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Each unconstitutional act usurps the powers delegated or reserved to the People and the States. Nature's Law supersedes man's law. Every failure to resist the tyranny posed by an unconstitutional act tightens the noose around freedom's neck.
Published: Friday, January 26th, 2018 @ 10:49 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Federalism is the key design feature of our government system here in the United States, as established by the US Constitution, and therefore is something everyone should understand.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2017 @ 1:52 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Despite the 4th Circuit decision striking down the NC Voter ID law, there are options that our Governor, Pat McCrory, and our state legislature can take to provide reasonable and common-sense measures at polling places next month.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 5:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The United States has grown far too large to still be considered a "republican form of government" as guaranteed under Article IV. The question is this: How do we get this form of self-government back?
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The States, acting voluntarily and in convention, entered into the Union by adopting a social compact, the US Constitution. The features of a compact provide great protection for American liberty.
Published: Friday, July 22nd, 2016 @ 12:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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John C. Calhoun explained why the Tariff of Abominations (Tariff of 1828) was unconstitutional and why, therefore, South Carolina had the right to Nullify it.
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2016 @ 2:24 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Rep. Trey Gowdy proposes that Sanctuary Cities lose federal funding.
Published: Sunday, August 16th, 2015 @ 12:37 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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An amendment to replace the States' influence in the federal government since the 17th Amendment was adopted.
Published: Sunday, July 26th, 2015 @ 6:14 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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When the original 13 states came together to discuss the possibility of establishing a confederacy, at the urging of Benjamin Franklin ("Join or Die"), they did so with a great deal of hope, but also a great deal of trepidation.
Published: Sunday, February 16th, 2014 @ 6:16 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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December 15 was Bill of Rights Day. It marks the 221st anniversary of the day when the first ten amendments - our Bill of Rights - were ratified in 1791.
Published: Monday, December 31st, 2012 @ 10:47 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The NC Institute for Constitutional Law (NCICL) recently published an article about nullification, asserting that it not a legitimate constitutional remedy.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 4:41 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Jefferson believed it was up to the States, the parties who drafted and ratified the Constitution and thus created the federal government to stand up to the government when it exceeds constitutional bounds.
Published: Monday, July 16th, 2012 @ 6:05 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Our Founders made sure they provided for the proper avenues to counter a government that evinces such a design and even provided for the right to abolish that government.
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 @ 10:08 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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On Monday, March 26, the Supreme Court began oral arguments in the highly-anticipated case challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act.
Published: Monday, April 2nd, 2012 @ 3:07 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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QUESTION: Is it true that both California and Texas have such a right in the agreements they signed to join the Union?
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2011 @ 6:55 am
By: Diane Rufino
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