The Washington Standard
The Balance of Powers Act – People Are Destroyed For Lack Of Knowledge
Our own Ignorance is destroying us. Mark Twain wrote in his autobiography: “In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined…
Does the “General Welfare Clause” Of The U.S. Constitution Authorize Congress To Force Us To Buy Health Insurance?
CNSNews.com posted an article in October of 2009, “Hoyer Says Constitution’s ‘General Welfare’ Clause Empowers Congress to Order Americans to Buy Health Insurance”. In the article, Steny Hoyer (Democrat House Majority Leader) said Congress has “broad authority” to…
Term Limits: Treating The Symptom – Not The Disease
1. We already have term limits for U.S. Representatives & Senators – just vote them out of office. But we keep re-electing the same people! So, the people in the term limits movement seek to impose term limits…
What Should States Do When the Federal Government Usurps Power? Advice From James Madison, Father Of The US Constitution
1. What can a State – or several States – do to resist encroachments & usurpations by the federal government? 2. Federalist No. 46 (7th para) discusses how individual States or several States carry out resistance to the…
National Popular Vote: Goodbye, Sweet America
Our Constitution is under constant attack.1 One of the most pernicious attacks is being waged by those who seek to override the constitutional provisions under which The States, as political entities, elect the President; and to replace it…
Immigration Invasion – The Remedy When The Federal Government Refuses To Do Its Duty
Article IV, §4, U.S. Constitution, requires The United States to protect each of the States against Invasion. It says: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect…
Why States Must Nullify Unconstitutional Acts of Congress: Instructions from Hamilton, Madison, & Jefferson
During August 2010, the People of The State of Missouri approved Proposition C and nullified key parts of “Obamacare.” As a matter of constitutional principle, may the People of the States lawfully do this? Or must they submit…





