“Lincoln increased the power of the federal government at the expense of the rights of the states and civil liberties. This opened the door to more unconstitutional acts by the government in the 1900s through to today.” � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)

“Lincoln increased the power of the federal government at the expense of the rights of the states and civil liberties.

This opened the door to more unconstitutional acts by the government in the 1900s through to today.”

� ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL):

“Lincoln increased the power of the federal government at the expense of the rights of the states and civil liberties.

This opened the door to more unconstitutional acts by the government in the 1900s through to today.”
January 6, 2011 Gunny G
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The Men Who Destroyed the Constitution

by Thomas J. DiLorenzo

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In his 1850 Disquisition on Government, John C. Calhoun argued that a written constitution would never be sufficient to contain the plundering proclivities of a central government. Some mechanisms for assuring consensus among the citizens of the states regarding “federal” laws would be necessary.

Consequently, Calhoun proposed giving citizens of the states veto power over federal laws that they believed were unconstitutional (the “concurrent majority”). He also.....................
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