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Tag Archives: 10th Amendment
This Thing We Call “Sovereignty”
by Diane Rufino, February 20, 2019 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 … Continue reading
SECESSION – Both a RIGHT and a REMEDY
by Diane Rufino, September 23, 2018 Gene Kizer Jr. is a brilliant historian. He has written an excellent account of the causes of the War of Northern Aggression (aka, the War to Prevent Southern Independence; aka, the War Between … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, Civil War, compact theory, Constitution, contract law, Declaration of Independence, Diane Rufino, fugitive slave clause, Fugitive Slave laws, Gene Kizer Jr, Lincoln, Morrill Bill, Morrill tariff, ordinarnce of secession, protective tariffs, remedy of secession, resumption clause, right of rescission, right of secession, secession, secesssion as a reserved right, social compact, states rights, Tenth Amendment, the right of secession, Virginia's Ordinance of Secession, war between the states, War of Northern Aggression, war to prevent southern independence
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Thomas Jefferson Articulates the Remedy of NULLIFICATION in an Opinion Written to President George Washington in 1791
by Diane Rufino, September 16, 2018 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, Alexander Hamilton, checks and balances, Chief Justice John Marshall, Constitution, constitutionality of national bank, Diane Rufino, George Washington, interposition, Jefferson, Jefferson's opinion to Washington on the constitutionality of a national bank, Kentucky Resolutions of 1799, Kentucky Resolves of 1799, McCulloch v Maryland, national bank, necessary & proper clause, necessary and proper clause, nullification, nullification is the rightful remedy, rightful remedy, Tenth Amendment, the rightful remedy, Thomas Jefferson
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The Right of Secession, as Reserved by the States in their Ratification of the US Constitution
by Diane Rufino, June 1, 2018 Louisiana voted to secede from the Union on January 26, 1861. Shortly thereafter, her senators, Judah P. Benjamin and John Slidell, resigned their positions in the US Senate. In his FAREWELL ADDRESS to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Article IV, Civil War, compact theory, confederacy, confederate states, Constitution, Declaratiion of Independence, Diane Rufino, Gene Kizer Jr, Judah P. Benjamin, Lincoln, Ordinance of Secession, reserved rights, resumption clause, resumption clauses, right of secession, secession, states rights, Tenth Amendment, Virginia, Virginia's Ordinance of Secession, war between the states, War of Northern Aggression, war to prevent southern independence
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A Proposed State Sovereignty Resolution to Re-Assert the Tenth and Second Amendments
by Diane Rufino, February 21, 2018 The following is a proposed State Sovereignty Resolution that I wrote and proposed to my legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly. I feel very strongly that the General Assembly should make it clear … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, 2nd amendment, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Diane Rufino, federal gun control laws, firearms, gun control, gun control laws, guns, inalienable rights, interposition, NC State Resolution, nullification, proposed State Sovereignty Resolution, right of self-defense, right of self-protection, right to bear arms, second amendment, self-defense, state sovereignty, state sovereignty resolution, Tenth Amendment, unconstitutional laws
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Keep the Second Amendment Secure in North Carolina
by Diane Rufino, March 27, 2018 My appreciation of the Second Amendment and gratitude for the wisdom and insistence of our Founders and for the States who insisted that it was necessary to be included in our Constitution (or else … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, 2nd amendment, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Diane Rufino, firearms, gun control, gun control laws, guns, Heller, Heller v. District of Columbia, interposition, McDonald, McDonald v. Chicago, model state sovereignty resolution, NC state sovereignty resolution, nullification, right of self-defense, right of self-determination, right to bear arms, Saul Alinsky, second amendment, self-defense, state sovereignty resolution, states rights, Tenth Amendment, unconstitutional, unconstitutional laws
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QUESTION: Was – Is – Secession Legal?
by Diane Rufino, but based in part on Leonard “Mike” Scruggs book THE UN-CIVIL WAR, January 19. 2018 In the year 1776, the American colonies had already been fighting their revolution for independence from Great Britain for about a year. … Continue reading
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The Social Compact & Our Constitutional Republic
by Diane Rufino, Jan. 21, 2018 (first section only; other sections attributed to other authors) I. INTRODUCTION A Social Compact is an agreement, entered into by individuals, that creates some form of self-government and results in the formation of an … Continue reading
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