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  • Thomas J. DiLorenzo, published author and senior fellow at the Mises Institute, discusses the principle of nullification as a devolution of power away from the central government into the hands of the state or the people, Thomas Jefferson and the Kentucky Resolves as resistance to the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798, ways nullification was put into practice all across the Union in the early days of the Republic, Andrew Jackson and resistance to the bank of the United States, the “Tariff of Abominations,” nullification of the fugitive slave act,  the slander of racism that proponents of big government often throw out at supporters of decentralization, secession as the ultimate brake on government,  the power and control of the IRS and the Federal Reserve, the Second Vermont Republic, and the progression of dictatorial powers through the Bush and Obama administrations.

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    Nullification, A Constitutional History

    The Real Lincoln

    How Capitalism Saved America

    Mises.org

    LewRockwell.com

    Kentucky Resolutions

    Virginia Resolution

    Second Vermont Republic

    Free State Project

    Michael Boldin

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