Comments on: Thomas J. DiLorenzo: Nullification

By: tenthamendmentcenter podcasts | The Ruthless Truth blog

tenthamendmentcenter podcasts | The Ruthless Truth blog — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:17:46 +0000

[...] Thomas J. DiLorenzo: Nullification [...]

By: Feral Government « Loving God, Loving America

Feral Government « Loving God, Loving America — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:24:26 +0000

[...] Nullification: the refusal to obey unconstitutional orders. Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, among others, were fans of this approach. [...]

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:25:30 +0000

Violence just begets more violence, Rich.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:31:37 +0000

A few heads on a pike, just a few, would do more to rectify the situation than all the words in the world.

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:00:55 +0000

Right you are, Bob. DiLorenzo gives some interesting examples of this is a great American tradition – popular resistance to tyranny.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:58:56 +0000

As the federal government nullifies the Constitution, the states and the people so to should the states and people nullify the federal government.

What a great concept and once again from the founders of the most free nation ever.

By: Terry Morris

Terry Morris — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:20:19 +0000

I agree with Michael and Jeff; whatever peaceful means are available to us must be put to effective use. I don’t think it’ll work, ultimately, although that is my fondest hope. And, indeed, something like that could actually turn into the impetus for a more … physical kind of rebellion, depending. But that doesn’t change the bare facts of the matter. The only way freedom-lovers can ever be justified in resisting government tyranny is by first exhausting every peaceful means of resistance available to us, insofar as it is left in our power to do so. In point of fact, I’m more apt to think that “nullification” on a personal level, and through a variety of means, would be more effective to accomplishing the goal than state level nullification. Albeit, I acknowledge that a primary function of the state governments should be the protection of the rights of their citizens and inhabitants against all enemies to those rights.

By: Michael Boldin

Michael Boldin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:51:28 +0000

Nullification is certainly the “middle ground” – it lies between total federal tyranny on the one side and the potential choas of collapse on the other. It needs to be tried on a large scale before moving in either direction….

By: Jeffersonian

Jeffersonian — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:10:33 +0000

Nullification is the middle ground, and is just what Jefferson and other prominent founders offered as what to do short of a general submission to everything national on one hand and secession or violent revolution on the other.

By: CrystalF

CrystalF — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:01:39 +0000

Wow, I never even thought of this as an option! I try to get federal reps to respond and they never do. But I feel like I can actually have a chance to get something done if I call and call and call with my state reps. It’s time we started using these state governments for something other than submission to the federal government!