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Building a Tool Kit for Resistance

By on December 16, 2010 in Activism, Featured, History

resistance to injustice has been a part of American civic life since the ratification of the Constitution.

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A Tradition of Resistance

By on January 19, 2010 in History, State Sovereignty

Samuel Adams said, “The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.”

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Resistance Is NOT Futile: Forgotten Lessons from the Nullification Crisis

By on January 8, 2010 in History, State Sovereignty

Regardless of its logical descent from our most basic founding principle, that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, nullification simply doesn’t work, critics say. Or does it?

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