Congressman Tom McClintock

April 16, 2018

James Madison, the father of the American Constitution, said that its most important provision was giving the Congress, and not the President, the authority to declare war.

California's Legislature has forbidden local governments from cooperating with federal immigration authorities and has even gone so far as to forbid private citizens from volunteering information to federal law enforcement under threat of criminal prosecution.

With the bill now taking effect, I believe people are about to see their paychecks grow, their job prospects brighten, and their family finances improve.

Forty-five years ago, Congress enacted laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act, that promised to improve the health of our forests. They imposed...