Northern states carried out arguably the most successful non-compliance campaign defying a federal act in history with their opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Today, a Missouri bill takes a page from that playbook to stop state cooperation with federal enforcement of unconstitutional gun laws.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: St. George Tucker was one of the most influential legal scholars of the early American republic. His View of the Constitution of the United States was the first extended, systematic commentary on the Constitution after it had been ratified by the people of the several states and amended by the Bill of Rights. And his Blackstone’s Commentaries, from which the following excerpt originates, was the major treatise on American law in the early 19th century. Lawyers arguing before the Supreme Court of the United States would frequently cite to Tucker’s Blackstone - more often than any other commentator until 1827.
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Wisconsin nullified the fugitive slave act in 1859. They’ve defied the supreme court to this day. This is the story of the people behind the effort.
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John Dickinson, the “penman of the revolution,” in the first of his letters from Pennsylvania, signed off with a message which resonates through time.
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Davis went to lengths not only to condemn nullification itself, but also to criticize proponents of nullification within his own state.
DetailsLeading confederates – in their own words – attacked and denounced nullification. Learn the truth.
DetailsNorthern abolitionists embarked on a multi-state, multi-year campaign to nullify the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
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When alcohol prohibition and the 18th amendment were repealed on 12-05-33, it was state noncompliance and nullification that blazed the trail and made it happen
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From its origins until today, Habeas Corpus has always been a government power. It’s history, uncovered in Anthony Gregory’s new book, is quite revealing.
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In response to a series of columns from Rainbow Pus coalition, TAC’s MIchael Boldin has a Nullification History Lesson for Jesse Jackson
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A history lesson. The standard narrative is that states rights and nullification were a Tool of Slavers. But the facts show it was the other way around.
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The Constitution. Every issue, every time. No exceptions, no excuses.
