About Derek Sheriff

Derek Sheriff [send him email] is a research analyst for the Tenth Amendment Center. His articles have appeared in various publications, and he writes regularly for the Center on issues related to state sovereignty and nullification. His blog and podcast "Principles of '98" can be found at www.PrinciplesOfNinetyEight.Com. View his Tenth Amendment Center blog archives here, and his article archives here.

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Nullification in One Lesson

In order to best-understand what Nullification IS, you should first understand some things nullification is NOT

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Executive War Powers Have Strict Constitutional Limits

No, Mr. Panetta, the president is NOT authorized to do what you claim.

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TIME Magazine: No Better Than a Broken Clock

Even when the mainstream media writes an apparent fair article on nullification, they get far more wrong than they ever get right

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Obama Blusters, Brewer Begs. When will Someone Grow a Spine?

Isn’t it time that Governors and state Attorneys General stopped wasting our precious time and money playing these silly legal games, grow a spine, and actually fulfill the oath they took to support and defend the Constitution, including the Tenth Amendment?

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Nullification: 3, Real ID: 0

In spite of the fact that the Constitution was recently read in Congress, several senior Republicans must have either been absent or just weren’t paying attention to what they were hearing.

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Are All Governments Socialist?

When it comes to governments, it’s not a question of if, but of how much

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Getting Confused by Nicknames, Old and New

The task of patriots today is to do everything in their power to defeat the advocates of consolidated government

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Nullifying Commerce Clause Abuse in Arizona

I predict that Arizona’s SB 1178 will startle our overlords in Washington, DC and deeply offend them in much the same way that the immigration act, SB 1070, did.

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Interposition, Nullification and Popular Resistance

“nullification is actually the opposite of sedition and should be understood properly as an important safeguard against sedition, which necessarily involves the subversion of the Constitution.”

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The TSA, Interposition and the Spirit of 1809

“Our Constitution encourages local governments to stand up when the federal government goes too far..These naked X-ray machines..constitute an unreasonable search,” which violates the Fourth Amendment.

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“Unconstitutional Law” is an Oxymoron

The Tenth Amendment prohibits the federal government from interfering with a state’s decision to either allow or prohibit the cultivation, distribution or use of marijuana within its own boundaries (case law involving the Commerce Clause notwithstanding).

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