Although America’s constitutional form of limited government was designed specifically to maximize the liberty of citizens and maximize the power of states at the expense of the federal government, the accumulation of power has flowed only in one direction — away from individual states and individual citizens and toward the national government in D.C. This phenomenon is so natural throughout history that it was a chief concern of the Founding Fathers themselves.
Source: J.B. Shurk
I want to make a suggestion.It is past time for some type of “coalition of free American states.”
States have a long history of creating partnerships with each other.Law enforcement task forces, farming cooperatives, river management boards, and collegiate sports conferences all benefit individual states through regional collaborations and are common throughout the United States.It is also common for state attorneys general to coordinate lawsuits against the federal government.Republican governors and Democrat governors meet at party retreats to strategize how best to advance their respective parties’ interests.And innumerable lobbying and legal groups work every year to promote the passage of nearly identical statutory language in state legislatures across the country.
What I have in mind is more substantial — the formation of a coalition of free states whose explicit purpose is to reduce the power of the federal government over individual states and their citizens while banding…
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The Most Revolutionary Act 
An answer lies in ‘The Convention of States’ The states are gathering together to remedy “Federal Over Reach” 32 States are needed to comply with Article V
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Mary Anne I have a friend who’s helping to organize an Article V convention right now: https://articlevconvention.org/
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