Tenth Amendment Archives

on February 20, 2013May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

I updated this post with some important legal authority.

In 2004 Department of Justice Opines Second Amendment Secures Individual Right to Bear Arms — What’s Changed?

on February 18, 2013May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

As promised, attached is a memorandum of law penned by the Department of Justice in 2004 for the U.S. Attorney General. It is a thorough, well-researched, and well-written article that comes to the inescapable, correct conclusion about this issue. What has changed since 2004 as it relates to the constitutional right? WHETHER THE SECOND AMENDMENT [...]

First Principles: Each State Is Responsible to Its Own Citizens for Protection and Public Safety

on December 28, 2012May 12, 2020 By Carson J Tucker, JD MSEL

I have written in the past about unconstitutional usurpation of Constitutional Sheriffs’ arrest powers. I have also mentioned that whimsical and hastily made decisions that attempt to eradicate by sweeping measures time-honored common-law rules and principles are a threat to the respective states’ sovereignty. As I have also mentioned, if the citizenry of a state [...]