Interview with U.S. Senate Candidate Sam Clovis
Sam Clovis, a Republican candidate running for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat, agreed to have an interview with Caffeinated Thoughts’ editor Shane Vander Hart.
Tag: federalism
Should States Lower Blood Alcohol Content to Determine Drunk Driving?
Should state legislatures lower the blood alcohol content levels from .08 to .05 in order to reduce alcohol-related crashes?
DOMA is in Trouble
The Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, appears to be in jeopardy based on Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s line of questions to attorney Paul Clement.
Santorum Battles Romney Over RomneyCare and Ron Paul Over Abortion
Rick Santorum had spirited exchanges with Mitt Romney and Ron Paul at the CNN-Southern Republican Debate in Charleston, SC.
The Growing Tide Against National Education Standards
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) met last week in Scottsdale, AZ. They are an organization whose mission is “to advance the Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism, and individual liberty, through a nonpartisan public-private partnership of America’s state legislators, members of the private sector, the federal government, and general public.” They have [...]
Thomas Jefferson Argued for Local and Parental Control of Education
The call for local control of education and for parental control is not a new argument. President Thomas Jefferson cautioned against a state, not just a federal role in education in a letter written to Joseph Cabell on February 2, 1816. …if it is believed that these elementary schools will be better managed by the [...]
Rick Santorum in Des Moines Discusses Right to Work, Social Conservatism, and Education
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Prospective 2012 Presidential Candidate, former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) met with members of the American Principles Project’s Iowa Advisory Board and special guests in Des Moines, IA on Thursday. Senator Santorum is currently a a Senior Fellow at The Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Friday [...]
Public Option Opt-Out
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announces that the public option is now in the Senate version of the health care reform bill. With one caveat that it will include an opt-out option for states. So Democrats now believe in a form of federalism? Hmmmmm… It would seem that the only way Senator Reid feels [...]
Federal Authority vs. States’ Rights
The Tenth Amendment lays out the division of authority between federal and state governments: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. The Federal government consuming more and more of the governing authority of the [...]
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