Archive for July, 2010

The Impossible is now Possible

The Impossible is now Possible

Unlike the reformist strategy which seeks to mobilize power within Washington, DC in order to reform and redirect that power, nullification seeks to diminish and redistribute that power through relentless, decentralized, but ideally coordinated, acts of state level, constitutional resistance.


Absolute Power Corrupts. Absolutely.

Absolute Power Corrupts. Absolutely.

The solution to our problem is not to find the right people and send them to Washington. By all means, vote the bums out, but if that is the end of it, the new crop of bums (from both parties) will forget their limited government rhetoric just as surely as their predecessors did.


Top Secret America: The Rest Of The Story

Top Secret America: The Rest Of The Story

by Chuck Baldwin The Monday, July 19, 2010, edition of The Washington Post featured an investigative report entitled “Top Secret America,” with the subtitle, “A hidden world, growing beyond control.” The report begins, “The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy [...]


The Blessings of Liberty for our Posterity

The Blessings of Liberty for our Posterity

Are we securing the blessing of liberty or the chains of economic servitude?


You’re Not Entitled To Your Own History

You're Not Entitled To Your Own History

Progressives that promote nullification (state medical marijuana, for example) yet denounce it as a tactic, are little more than partisan frauds.


Is the Tea Party Revolution Imploding?

Is the Tea Party Revolution Imploding?

FOX News does not lead us, the Republican Party does not lead us, it is you who awoke and said “I can make a difference” and you certainly are making that difference.


Was Thomas Jefferson a Great President?

Was Thomas Jefferson a Great President?

One’s answer to that question depends on how one defines “greatness.”


Judicial Supremacy or State Nullification?

Judicial Supremacy or State Nullification?

When lawyers and judges complete law school without even reading the Constitution, instead learning from the vaunted faculty that the Constitution makes the Supreme Court the exclusive arbiter of that document, you are conditioned to believe it.


Constitutional Sheriffs Now!

Constitutional Sheriffs Now!

The County Sheriff is elected by, for, and of the People, and is our last line of defense against an oppressive and over-reaching government and tyranny.


Liberty Dies in Apathy

Liberty Dies in Apathy

Thomas Jefferson: “The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it always to be kept alive.”


Big Government is Wobbly

Big Government is Wobbly

Big Government. Collectivism. Central authority. Corporatism, fascism, socialism, etc. Call it what you want, but it’s an overbearing master, operating in the name of we-know-best-and-we’ll-take-care-of-you type of government.


Interposition is the cousin of nullification

Interposition is the cousin of nullification

The two cousins of interposition and nullification stand upon the 10th Amendment as a protective defense against oppressive usurpation and attempts to end federalism.


Gun Liberty and McDonald

Gun Liberty and McDonald

Thomas Jefferson once wrote that “the natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” This is especially the case with gun liberty. The price of absolute gun liberty is indeed eternal vigilance.


Gulf Crisis Exposes Failures of Centralized Power

Gulf Crisis Exposes Failures of Centralized Power

After 100 years of ignoring this division of power, we are faced with a daunting task; but our country cannot continue to be the land of the free without decentralization.


Whether They Want us to or Not

When states do their duty and stand up for our liberty, they’re not looking for approval from federal courts – they’re protecting us from them.


We Were Warned

The celebration of our founders’ 1776 revolt against King George III and the English Parliament is over. Let’s reflect how the founders might judge today’s Americans and how today’s Americans might judge them.


Resist DC: Step by Step Plan for Freedom

by State Rep. Matthew Shea (WA-4th) I, like many people, believe that the Constitution is not a living document.  The corollary to this principle is that if it is not living then it cannot die. However, the question of whether the Constitution is followed and enforced depends on you and me.  We introduced the legislation [...]


State Nullification vs Federal Supremacy

State Nullification vs Federal Supremacy

When a state determines a federal law is unconstitutional and they pass legislation making the federal law null and void within their state it is not rebellion…


What do We do About it? Nullify Now!

What do We do About it? Nullify Now!

Looking to the federal government whether it’s though elections, or protests, or lawsuits, or rallies – is a failed strategy. So how about trying something new?


Uncelebrating the 4th

Uncelebrating the 4th

Unfortunately, July 4th has become a day of deceit – the America that’s celebrated no longer exists.


Unconstitutional Legislation: Just Say No!

Unconstitutional Legislation: Just Say No!

For all the noise being made by people frustrated with DC, few either understand or are willing to embrace the two key components that would make their goals a reality