State Sovereignty Movement
Nullification: Alive and Well on the Left and Right
by Michael Boldin “If you don’t like it here, move to Cuba!†“Why don’t you go spout your mouth off in Iraq with your buddy Saddam, you terrorist!†Those were common emails for me to receive while George W. Bush was president. Opposing Bush policies like...Good medicine: the rightful remedy
by Michael Maharrey State nullification, as Thomas Jefferson put it, “The rightful remedy.†Simply defined, any action taken by a state that renders an unconstitutional act null and void. Over the last several months, the mainstream media suddenly sat up and took...
The Statist and the Straw Man: Answering Attacks on Tenthers
by Josh Eboch Most articles that seek to demonize the Tenth Amendment movement are so rife with logical and intellectual fallacies that even responding to them is a waste of time. However, in the case of Dan Casey, blogger for the Roanoke Times, an exception must be...
Nullifying Commerce Clause Abuse in Arizona
by Derek Sheriff Not surprisingly (I know, as an Arizonan, my pride is showing), Arizona is now one of four states this year to propose an Intrastate Commerce Act. Please note: that’s intrastate, not interstate! The bill, which is based on model legislation...