Posts Tagged ‘Tenth Amendment’

The Virginia Resolve of 1798: Revisited

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Virginia adopted a resolution in response to Congress passing “The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798″
Asserting that the Federal government had overstepped it’s bounds as enumerated in the Constitution, James Madison with the assistance of Thomas Jefferson, drafted the resolution with the intent of nullifying the congressional act. Kentucky also adopted a similar resolution [...]

RI Tea Party says it can march again in July 4 parade

July 20th, 2009 | No Comments

The Independence day Parade organizing committee has lifted the “ban for life” imposed on the Rhode Island Tea Party.The decision was made after it could not be proven that the Tea Party had actually passed out copies of the U.S. Constitution.
Although it was reported that other groups had been passing out fliers or some [...]