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[ applause ] there is the fourth amendment that protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures, and ill tell you right now, we need to repool the ndaa. [ cheers and applause ] -- repeal the ndaa because the federal government does not have the authority to indefinitely detain a u.s. citizen on u.s. soil without due process of law. [ applause ] there is the 10th amendment, something our omnipotent federal government seems to have forgotten all about. 10th amendment provides the power is not ...

About the federalist system is that 50 governors have to make decisions from 50 states. i would-- my bias is with rick perry, but i dont second guess a governor of a state who makes a decision that he thinks is right for his state. thats why you have a federalist system and thats why the 10th amendment is important. well see over the next four or five years which person made the right decision. >> greta: at the dinner tonight that was in washington that we just spoke about at the jefferson hotel...

Federal government. we know best how to run our state. thats the beauty of the 10th amendment and washington is-- >> so then, absolutely no expansion in texas, youre not going to change your mind? >> i dont see any way in the world that were going to take this proposition the federal government, medicaid program is broken. now, if the federal government wants to sit down and talk to us, and ive offered up options over the course of the years, block granting back to the states to allow us to come...

Of the problem with our government today. if that and the total, total ignoring of the enumerating powers of the constitution, here are the defined things the federal government is supposed to do, everything under the 10th amendment and everything else reserved to the people in the states and yet, its totally ignored. you know, we offer amendments when we can. its very hard under the present leadership in the senate, but they rarely pass. >> greta: i mean, its not immoral, i dont mean to take ca...

Of the problem with our government today. if that and the total, total ignoring of the enumerating powers of the constitution, here are the defined things the federal government is supposed to do, everything under the 10th amendment and everything else reserved to the people in the states and yet, its totally ignored. you know, we offer amendments when we can. its very hard under the present leadership in the senate, but they rarely pass. >> greta: i mean, its not immoral, i dont mean to take ca...

Up for election on election night and im sick and tired of him and his party and his sycophants constantly promoting ideas that will attack it and an example. the second amendment, all of his proposals on how to change the second amendment, that second amendment belongs to us. we, the people, like all the rest of the bill of rights. the first amendment where you tax religious liberties, the fourth amendment where you tax due process. the fifth amendment you tax property rights. the 9th amendment...

Administration, the people that brought us obamacare, do not believe in parts of the constitution. they dont believe in the 10th amendment that reserves power to the states and they dont believe in the second amendment that guarantees us the right to keep and bear arms. and they will do everything they can to wear away at those parts of the constitution with which they disagree. remember when they started their jobs, they took an oath to uphold a constitution, all of it, whether they agree with ...

Homosexuality and would like your rights there is an equal protection clause in the constitution. so the court is actually going to be visiting this and applying a balancing test to what if any rights gay people and gay marriages have, and apply it accordingly. it will be interesting to see how the court particularly will interpret that classification of people, specifically homosexuals and what they want to do, which is get their full rights as any one of us members of society have. that is goi...

About the writeup. there are 66 requests for secession. its been a while. but there are not 66 states. where are the extra 16 coming from? and can they do it? >> im not sure where the extra 16 are but there is precedence for it. the tenth amendment very clear. it says the power not delegated to the united states by the constitution nor prohibited to it by the states are reserved to the states respectively or to the people. even the 10th amendment says anything that is not found to be unlawful un...

We are not faithful to that? >> steve: you are right. the government has tentacles everywhere and states and municipalities. >> the 10th amendment is a command to congress and the court to interpert the federal governments powers narrowly and they would retain atomony . health. and within their own borders. the left has tried to kill the tentth amendment but havent succeeded. but they have come close . 60 percent of the federal budget goes to areas that are beyond the federal governments powers ...