Posts Tagged ‘Interposition’

Constitutional Sheriffs Now!

Constitutional Sheriffs Now!

The County Sheriff is elected by, for, and of the People, and is our last line of defense against an oppressive and over-reaching government and tyranny.


Interposition is the cousin of nullification

Interposition is the cousin of nullification

The two cousins of interposition and nullification stand upon the 10th Amendment as a protective defense against oppressive usurpation and attempts to end federalism.


A Bright Idea: Less Litigation And More Interposition!

While favorable court rulings are welcome, even Supreme Court decisions should not be accepted as legitimate by state governments if such decisions uphold “laws” that clearly would have been rejected by the Constitution’s ratifiers.


To Our State Legislators: Nullification Requires Protection of Citizens

To Our State Legislators: Nullification Requires Protection of Citizens

To effectively nullify, citizens will have to be convinced that civil disobedience against Unconstitutional laws will be fully-protected. Without widespread civil disobedience, nullification might go nowhere.


Interposition, Nullification and the Political Thought of James Madison

Interposition, Nullification and the Political Thought of James Madison

In honor of James Madison’s birthday, March 16, 1751, read Kevin Gutzman’s groundbreaking study of our 4th president’s political thought.


Who’s Afraid of Interposition?

Who's Afraid of Interposition?

Those who are mystified by the political concept called “interposition” can find a very compelling tutorial in a vignette from Larry McMurtry’s novel Lonesome Dove.


Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act with Teeth

Wyoming Bill Seeks to Combat Federal Distortions of Commerce Clause, 2nd Amendment – Includes Penalties of up to Two Years in Prison for Federal Agents Violating the Law.


Lessons from History: Nullification and the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832

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.


Raising the bar for Nullification

Raising the bar for Nullification

Thomas Jefferson: “The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government”


ResistDC: The State Authority and Anti-Racketeering Act

ResistDC: The State Authority and Anti-Racketeering Act

Nullification is much more than a mere rhetorical statement issued by a state legislature. At its very core, it’s mass civil disobedience to the federal government by the people of a state with the backing of the state government.


Resist DC: NH Legislators Look to Nullify Federal Gun Laws

Resist DC: NH Legislators Look to Nullify Federal Gun Laws

NH Legislators again raise the bar for the 10th Amendment Movement – felony charges proposed for federal agents violating gun rights in New Hampshire


Health Care Nullification and Interposition

James Madison asserted that state governments not only have the right to resist unconstitutional federal acts, but that they are “duty bound to interpose” or stand between the federal government and the people of the state.


Sheriff Mack: The County Sheriff, America’s Last Hope

Sheriff Mack: The County Sheriff, America's Last Hope

In this podcast, Sheriff Richard Mack talks about how the sheriffs in this country are indeed the ultimate law authority in their respective jurisdictions, how the sheriff has the power and responsiblity to defend his citizens against all enemies – foreign and domestic, and more


Rockwell, Napolitano Talk Nullification


Decentralization for Freedom

Decentralization for Freedom

The central government cannot manage the bloated and unwieldy empire that a century of ritualistic centralization has produced…


The Path to Freedom: Interposition for Liberty

The Path to Freedom: Interposition for Liberty

The way to restrain an out of control federal government is through the interposition of state authority to stand in defense of individual life and liberty.