Tenth Amendment

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the second biggest legal challenge to Obamacare on Wednesday, and a victory for freedom will likely lead to significant political pressure on 37 states to cave to Obamacare pressure.  Texas Governor Greg Abbott will be one of the targeted 37 governors.

Abbott is correct; his observation clarifies an area of confusion among many regarding the supposed sanctity of local control.

Some people want the federal government to restrict the states from engaging in exactly the kind of activity, such as tax competition, that the Constitution reserves to the states.

Powerpoint presentation given by IPI President Tom Giovanetti to the North Texas Strategy & Victory Conference in Grapevine, Texas on September 27, 2014.

Sen. Paul plans to introduce legislation allowing ex-felons to vote in federal elections.  But the Constitution leaves voter eligibility up to the states, not Congress.

A group of 10 conservative and free market organizations co-authored a letter of opposition to the federal legislation backed by casino owner Sheldon Adelson that would outlaw Internet gaming in the U.S.

Conservative and free-market groups voiced opposition to the Restoration of America's Wire Act, which would stop the expansion of online gambling. The act "is a broad overreach by the federal government over matters traditionally reserved for the states," said the letter.

Presentation given by IPI President Tom Giovanetti at a gathering by the Denton County GOP in celebration of Lincoln-Reagan Day.

Our “constitutional scholar” in the White House has done more than anyone to reignite popular interest in the freedoms and limits outlined in the U.S. Constitution—though not exactly in the way President Obama might have hoped.

In reaction to Gov. Rick Perry's declaration Monday that Texas should decline to expand Medicaid and leave creation of a health insurance exchange to the federal government, Dr. Merrill Matthews is quoted by Dallas Morning News reporter Robert Garrett that if enough states push back, maybe they can get the flexibility to try and actually fix the broken Medicaid system.