6. Michael Maharrey - The Constitution as a Starting Point

Craig talks with Michael Maharrey to discuss his article The Trump Administration Wants to Resume Prosecuting Medical Marijuana Users in States Where It’s Legal. Mike serves as the national communications director for the Tenth Amendment Center and founder/host of the GodArchy website and podcast. Mike has spent most of his adult life studying constitutional history, political philosophy, and economics, and this conversation touches on all of those elements!

Starting points for further exploration on topics discussed on the show:

01:00 Trump Medical Marijuan Prosecution & Here

1:39 Congress & Marijuana Prohibition Spending 

6:49 The Tenth amendment - State Power 

7:03 Rule of Construction

7:13 Article 1, Section 8

  

10:00 Anarchist 

10:16 Voluntaryist

17:01 U.S. President Trump’s evolution in messaging on the economy

25:33 Trump on the Epa

30:40 Thomas Jefferson letter to James Madison on the question of: can the constitution bind next generation?

31:03 Constitution Owners Manual

34:00 Godarchy 

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