Who would have thought that the Revolution would even seem to be extending to the Supreme Court:
The framers of the Constitution were unambiguously on the side of liberty: To secure individual rights, they divided government power, creating checks and balances among the branches of government and, further, between the federal and state governments — a policy known as “federalism,” emphasized by the 10th Amendment.
Since the 1930s, however, federal courts have retreated from enforcing constitutional limits on power. The relentless intrusion of government into every aspect of our lives has been the natural result — along with the inevitable arguments over who will pay for and who will receive the dizzying array of handouts provided by big government.
Bond dealt with a criminal matter — a woman who assaulted another after a bitter personal dispute by smearing chemicals on her mailbox and door knobs. But rather than being prosecuted by state or local officials as would typically occur, she was charged and convicted by the federal government of violating an international treaty against chemical weapons. The woman’s lawyers moved to dismiss the federal charges on the grounds that Congress has no general police power and therefore no authority to criminalize the conduct with which she was charged — a power the 10th Amendment explicitly leaves to the states. [continued...]
Reading this article I couldn't help but hear Ron Paul's comment in my head...