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Jefferson’s Union

By on October 7, 2009 in Federalism, Founding Fathers

Jefferson’s account of the nature of the Union–a voluntary contract among free and independent States in order to establish a common caretaker for few and enumerated things–contains a great deal of common sense

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What States Rights Really Mean

By on July 6, 2009 in Featured, Founding Principles

Is there a Constitutional remedy to federal overreach short of the extreme measures of secession or violent revolution?

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Jefferson’s Views on the Union as a Compact Among the States

By on April 8, 2009 in Constitution, Featured

Jefferson portrayed the Union as voluntarily entered into by the states; the states were “not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government”

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Jefferson’s Arguments for Nullification and Limited Government

By on March 6, 2009 in Constitution

by Gennady Stolyarov II The doctrine of nullification, i.e., the idea that states have the right to unilaterally render void an act of the federal government that they perceive to be contrary to the Constitution, finds its origins in the writings of Thomas Jefferson, most notably his 1798 Kentucky Resolutions, written to protest the Federalist [...]

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Kentucky Resolutions Redux

By on February 25, 2009 in State Sovereignty Movement

On 02/24/09, Kentucky State Representative, John Will Stacy (D) intrduced House Concurrent Resolution 168, which reads: “A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION claiming sovereignty over powers not granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution; serving notice to the federal government to cease mandates beyond its authority; and stating Kentucky’s position that federal legislation that requires [...]

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