Nullification Strategy vs Failed Calls for Federal Agent Arrests
Despite any value you might find in legislation with arrest “teeth,” it becomes a liability when it guarantees failure.
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Constitutionally Sound: Nullification of the Fugitive Slave Act
The northern abolitionists resisting the fugitive slave acts stood on solid constitutional ground. The American system was designed to ensure states would check on federal power.
DetailsNullification: Massachusetts in 1855 and Missouri in 2014
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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Glover, Booth and Paine: Over 150 years of nullification
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.
DetailsWhat Confederates Really Thought of Nullification
Leading confederates – in their own words – attacked and denounced nullification. Learn the truth.
DetailsNorthern Resistance to Slavery is the Blueprint to Stop NSA Spying
Northern abolitionists embarked on a multi-state, multi-year campaign to nullify the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
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National Power: The Tool of Slavers
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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A Supreme Court Justice’s Affirmation of Nullification
To quote Madison, a federal government of unlimited power “would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators.”
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Tired of Giving In!
Our long run victory for liberty isn’t going to come by trying to take over Washington DC, or the republican party, or the democratic party, or your state caucus or a national convention.
DetailsSpalding, Heritage: Wrong on Nullification. Again.
When nullification opponents need some conservative cred to back up their arguments, they turn to the Heritage Foundation.
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Anti-Nullifiers: The Grave Diggers of Liberty
Pennsylvania State Senator Anthony Williams attempted to douse the flame of liberty with the foul water of unlimited central government.
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