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The Only Way to Stop Polarization from Tearing America Apart

Growing up in the early 2000s, I used to see those little “Coexist” bumper stickers on cars all over town. I don’t see them anymore. Maybe the bumper sticker trend faded, perhaps I moved to a more conservative area (let’s be honest, those people were liberals), or maybe people just gave up on the idea…

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How They Do It In California: A Fight For National Leadership

California’s November 15, 2019 lawsuit against EPA over its legal authority to impose higher automobile fuel efficiency standards than the rest of the nation is less about environmental protection and more about a fight for national leadership. With four car manufacturers supporting California in the litigation and three manufacturers supporting EPA; it is the perfect…

Female Genital Mutilation and Federalism
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Female Genital Mutilation and Federalism

by Michael Autery The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official policy or position of the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, or the US government.   On November 20th, U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman ruled that a 1996 federal law banning female genital…

States With Legal Marijuana Gear Up For A Fight With The Sessions DOJ

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By: Steve Birr Fiery rhetoric on marijuana legalization from Attorney General Jeff Sessions is prompting some states to preemptively act to limit federal power over local pot laws. “They could start issuing a bunch of threat letters, they could begin raiding and arresting people in various states,” Tom Angell, chairman…

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‘Federalism Matters’: Scott Pruitt Lays Out His Plans For EPA Under Trump

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt told agency employees Tuesday he would lead the agency based on three broad principles: process, the rule of law and federalism. Pruitt’s first speech to agency employees provided subtle hints of the direction he plans on taking EPA — complete with subtle criticisms…

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Why We Don’t Need Permission to Secede

  by Dallas Brooks Secession! It’s a common battle cry in election years, especially when we’re about to elect a new president. The left likes to decry calls of secession, saying it’s a matter of settled law since the Civil War. The right tends to support it only if their guys are losing. Over 60%…

The Endless Expansion of Executive Power and the Erosion of Liberty

by Dane Stuhlsatz Frederick Douglass said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them… The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the…

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Kansas Gives the Finger to the Federal Government

By R. Brownell Coming in from the Tenther Blog, Kansas has just proposed a piece of legislation that has now limited the excessive interaction between the state of Kansas and the federal government: No state agency, state agent or state employee shall enter into any agreement, including, but not limited to, cost-sharing agreements and grants, which…