The States have the Power to Protect their Borders
The battle raging between the federal government and the State of Arizona over its so-called anti immigration law has raised several constitutional issues
The True Nature and Character of Our Federal Government
one of the finest and most systematic defenses of the Virginian states’ rights school of constitutional interpretation ever written
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?
Health Care Nullification on Governor’s Desk in North Dakota
Nullification in North Dakota? That’s just what could be coming if Governor Jack Dalrymple signs Senate Bill 2309
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.
State Nullification: Requisite To Freedom
“if freedom has a chance to survive in these United States, the American people must get their eyes off of Washington, D.C., and start focusing on their individual states”
Stopping the Federal Food Police at your State Line
If federal lawmakers and their alphabet agencies refuse to obey the very document on which their political authority and legitimacy is based, then it is up to state and local governments to pass and enforce laws like the Intrastate Commerce Act, which explicitly remind the feds where their authority ends.
Maine’s Stand For States’ Rights
Back in 2007, Maine generated national headlines when it took a step that then was not known to our mainstream political world
Coal, Commerce and Liberty
“I’m fighting back to provide jobs and economic stability to my state by using the very tool the founders gave us as state legislators, the 10th Amendment.â€
Introducing the Utah Intrastate Commerce Project
Despite decades of usurped authority, the constitutional reality is that the federal government was nowhere delegated the power to regulate intrastate commerce
Null. Void. Of No Effect.
5 and counting. Maine, Montana, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming to consider Federal Health Care Nullification Act in 2011
Reject Obamacare. Permission Not Needed.
It’s your state’s duty to reject violations of the constitution as they happen.
Does Nullification Lead to Anarchy?
The standard charge is that nullification will lead to a destruction of the American system. But that’s not true. Read why.
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.
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.”
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Permission!
We need to exercise our rights whether they the government want us to or not.
Teeth for the 10th Amendment
Too often, like the seemingly powerless, abused wife who fears for the well-being of herself and her children, the states fear standing up to the federal government and resisting its aggression.
I Favor Nullification
Martha Dean, the Republican nominee for attorney general in Connecticut, repeated her support for state nullification of unconstitutional federal laws in Monday night’s debate.
Don’t Trust the Experts!
Slate’s Jacob Weisberg thinks the problem with the Tea Party is that it’s too unpredictable. That sure isn’t Weisberg’s problem. His first book was called In Defense of Government.
Choose Freedom: Ignore DC
The Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, and every year that date passes by with hardly a sound. Do something today to bring it back to life!
State Sovereignty: A Tool to Protect Freedom
The Founders knew that if permitted, the federal government would transgress the limits of the constitution, and, as Thomas Jefferson remarked, “[annihilate] the state governments and erect upon their ruins a general consolidated government.”
Only Our State Legislatures Can Save Us Now!
When we look at the source of the problem, most every problem in America today stems from a failure to respect and understand sovereignty: national, state, local and individual.
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.
States’ rights should be encouraged, not punished
“As a nation, we’ve been hearing a lot about states’ rights lately, particularly in the context of Arizona’s immigration reform law, and the Obama administration’s very bad decision to challenge that state law in court.”
