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Tag Archives: limited government
Conservatives at a Crossroads in Their Relationship With Government & Big Tech
by Diane Rufino, September 16, 2022 Conservatives are at a crossroads in their relationship with big government and big tech. It is, as Ronald Reagan so eloquently put it in the campaign speech he delivered on October 27, 1964 in … Continue reading
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Tagged A Time for Choosing, big government, conservatives, conservatives and big government, conservatives and government, conservatives v. liberals, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Diane Rufino, federal government, limited government, republicans v. democrats, Ronald Reagan, Thomas Jefferson
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A Fundamental Question and Some Fundamental, Yet Contested, Truths
by Diane Rufino, June 6, 2022 I’ve been asking this fundamental question for many years now: Is too much individual freedom ultimately destructive of the greater prize – liberty? Our Founding Fathers expressed their vision for an independent united … Continue reading
A Few Suggestions to Those Who Represent Us in the North Carolina General Assembly
by Diane Rufino, February 1, 2021 Government is best and most responsive to the individual when it is closest to them. We’re talking about the local, the county, and even the state level. This is where the individual and his … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, ammunition, checks and balances, Diane Rufino, education initiatives, election reform, Federalism, Liberty, limited government, NC Voter Integrity Project, NCGA, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, nullification committees, Project Vertitas, sanctuary state for liberty, second amendment, second amendment sanctuary state, state escrow accounts, state legislature, state legislatures, state manufactured ammunition, state sovereignty bill, state sovereignty resolution, Tenth Amendment, Voter ID
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Thanks Ronald Reagan for the Speeches and the Laughs, but Mostly for Your Wisdom and Your Example
by Diane Rufino, August 24, 2018 I’d like to take a trip down memory lane, back to the time when Ronald Reagan was president, when most Americans admired our leader, trusted him, and felt comforted and safe knowing he was … Continue reading
Cicero Warned About the Evils of an Ambitious Government
by Diane Rufino, July 15, 2018 “When a government becomes powerful, it is a usurper which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance for votes with which to perpetuate itself.” — Marcus Tullius … Continue reading
JUDICIAL ACTIVISM: The Obstruction of Construction
by Diane Rufino, September 21, 2017 In Honor of the 230th Anniversary of the US Constitution, and also to help promote Brion McClanahan’s latest book, HOW ALEXANDER HAMILTON SCREWED UP AMERICA, I wanted to post this important History Lesson — … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, article 1 section 8, Article I, Bank Bill, Brion McClanahan, Chief Justice John Marshall, Constitution, constitutional construction, Diane Rufino, express powers, George Washington, government of limited powers, How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America, implied powers, Jefferson v Hamilton, judicial activism, judicial tyranny, Kevin Gutzman, limited government, loose construction, McCulloch v Maryland, national bank, national government, national v federal, necessary and proper clause, strict construction, Supreme Court, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson - Revolutionary
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RESOLUTION TO CHALLENGE OBAMACARE AS AN ABUSE OF FEDERAL POWER
by Diane Rufino, Deputy Director of the NC Tenth Amendment Center and Resolutions Chair of the Pitt County GOP. The following resolution will be presented at the 2014 Pitt County GOP Convention on March 8. RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE THE AFFORDABLE … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, 13th amendment, 14th amendment, 9th amendment, abuse, abuse of power, ACA, Affordable Care Act, Article I, Bill of Rights, Chief Justice Roberts, commerce clause, Congress, Constitution, death panel, Declaration of Independence, Diane Rufino, equal protection, Federalist No. 45, Founding Fathers, government healthcare, healthcare insurance, healthcare reform, independent payment advisory board, Independent Payment Advisory Panel, Individual Mandate, IPAB, James Madison, Liberty, Life, limited government, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, national healthcare, natural rights, ninth amendment, Obamacare, penalty, preamble, Pursuit of Happiness, redistribution of wealth, resolution, Supreme Court, takings, tax, taxing power, Tenth Amendment, thirteenth amendment, Thomas Jefferson, unconstitutional, usurpation
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Keep the Federal Government in Check with NULLIFICATION – Not Liberty Amendments
by Diane Rufino, October 10, 2013 Mark Levin, who wrote an excellent book “The Liberty Amendments” to urge states to call for an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments to restore the federal government back to some sort of … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, 9th amendment, Ableman v. Booth, American Revolution, Article I, Article III, Article V, Article V convention, Bill of Rights, Brown v. Board of Education, Chief Justice John Marshall, Constitution, Cooper v. Aaron, Declaration of Independence, Diane Rufino, Dred Scott, Earl Warren, Edwin Meese III, Founding Fathers, Fugitive Slave Law, James Iredell, James Madison, Kentucky Resolutions, Liberty Amendments, limited government, Marbury v. Madison, Mark Levin, Michael Maharrey, NC Tenth Amendment Center, ninth amendment, North Carolina Tenth Amendment Center, nullification, Nullify Now, Publius Huldah, Supremacy Clause, Supreme Court, Tenth Amendment, Tenth Amendment Center, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Thomas Woods, unconstitutional, Virginia Report of 1800, Virginia Resolutions
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Nullification: Comments to a Harsh Critic
by Diane Rufino I wrote an article in support of Nullification (“Limit Federal Spending through Nullification and State Escrow Accounts”). A man responded with this comment: “You propose a remedy and say it’s based on … Continue reading
Limit Federal Spending through Nullification and State Escrow Accounts
by Diane Rufino The government has no legitimate powers that were not initially granted to it under the Constitution. There is no provision anywhere, nor is there any implied right under the Declaration of Independence or … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, Article I Section 8, Bill of Rights, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, federal budget, federal spending, fiscal crisis, Founding Fathers, interposition, limited government, nullification, preamble, sovereignty, spend, state escrow account, state sovereignty, states rights, tax, tax and spend, taxing power, Tenth Amendment, Thomas Jefferson, unconstitutional
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