Conceived In Liberty
A review of what one might call the greatest history book on the American experiment ever written…
A Contest of Ideas for Liberty
Tenthers, take heart… As in 1688, today’s contest of ideas is being waged over tomorrow’s Liberty. One generation’s radicals are another generation’s visionaries.
The Halifax Resolves and the American Tradition
First, there was the Halifax Resolves. Then there was the Declaration of Independence.
Meet Joshua Glover and Our History
In the 1850s, the issue was states rights…northern states rights rejecting federal slave laws.
The Underground Railroad and the Coming of War
Students accustomed to equating states’ rights with South Carolina may be stunned to learn that it was the Wisconsin Supreme Court asserting the nullification doctrine in the mid-1850s.
False Unity Between States in Bondage
Prior to the creation and ratification of the U.S. Constitution, the states were separate countries—sovereign political bodies with no superior authority.
Building a Tool Kit for Resistance
resistance to injustice has been a part of American civic life since the ratification of the Constitution.
Nullification: A Lesson from Massachusetts History
The philosophical ideas that would give rise to the protections granted in the Tenth Amendment were present before the Revolutionary War even started.
The Dumbest Guy in the World
My friends, meet the winner of today’s Dumbest Guy in the World: Alan Pyke
Fertile Ground for Freedom
we must stop cowering in fear at the mere mention of federal power, as if the United States government were some omnipotent god to whom we must bow down and serve.
The Origins of Nullification
The defenders of centralized governmental power (a.k.a. tyranny) despise the Jeffersonian idea that the citizens of the states have a right to nullify what they believe to be unconstitutional federal laws.
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.
A President, Not A Savior
If you needed any proof of the fact that the two major political parties are out for themselves and lack even a shred of principle, here is the evidence.
Forgotten Lessons from the Nullification Crisis
If the proposed federal mandates are so unpopular in any given state that a majority of its people support legislation or a state constitutional amendment to nullify them, that should be a clear indicator to President Obama and Congress that the governed have withdrawn their consent.
Hijacking Thomas Jefferson
President Obama used Thomas Jefferson as a springboard to advocate for government power. There is little in the world more full of irony than a defense of big government using the mantle of Jefferson.
Beware: Confederate, Confederate, Confederate!!
Tom Woods responds to the pro-regime Lou Dubose in support of nullification, and his new book…Nullification!
Early Pennsylvania, Nullifying the Way to Freedom
Personal Liberty Laws, Nullification, and resistance to slavery in 19th Century Pennsylvania.
Federalism: The Early Years
In 1798, Thomas Jefferson gave us a timeless message which was a reminder that “we the people†are ultimately in charge, not the federal government. The federal government derives its power from the people.
The Untold History of Nullification: Resisting Slavery
Derek Sherriff on the hidden history of how 19th-century abolitionists used nullification to fight for freedom.
Lessons from History: Nullification and the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832
Clyde Wilson on Nullification and Interposition and their deep roots in the American fight against centralism and protectionism.
Violating your Rights, Then and Now
Thomas Paine: “He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.”
Combating Terrorism: The Lessons of 1798
James Madison once observed that “it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.â€
A Tradition of Resistance
Samuel Adams said, “The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.”
