Tag: Tenth Amendment

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

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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

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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 [...]