A Response to President Obama’s Gun Control Proposal
President Obama today signed 23 “Gun Violence Reduction Executive Actions.” The list included the following: “Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.” “Propose rulemaking to...
Utah and the Fiscal Cliff
Most of the talk in Washington and in the news media lately has been regarding the notorious “Fiscal Cliff,” a combination of a raise in taxes and across-the-board spending cuts. The term Fiscal Cliff was coined to...
The Hope for Liberty Lies with the States
After being declared the winner last night in the race for his first full term as governor, Gary Herbert said that, “The best hope for America as we go forward is the states. And led by Republican governors, this country...
Invitation to Governor Herbert regarding nullification
At a breakfast event last week hosted by GenX Capital, Governor Herbert was asked what he thought about using nullification to protect Utah from the unconstitutional overreaches of the federal government. I was not in attendance...
Reviving the “Principles of ’98”
Many people feel that there is no hope in standing up to a tyrannical federal government. This despair is understandable, but unproductive. We can find hope in the knowledge that many of the federal government’s creators...
To Oppose the Mandate, States Must Nullify Obamacare
With the Supreme Court affirming the alleged constitutionality of the individual mandate, conservatives and constitutionalists alike are looking for alternative solutions to rejecting the latest version of federal health care...