The philosophical ideas that would give rise to the protections granted in the Tenth Amendment were present before the Revolutionary War even started.
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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amendment to nullify them, that should be a clear indicator to President Obama and Congress that the governed have withdrawn their consent.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.
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