The following post is excerpted from the script for Nullify: Season 1. Watch all the videos from this series at this link – and Become a member here to support the TAC. JAMES MADISON When ratification of the Constitution was still up in the air, James Madison and others wrote a series of papers about how…
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Madison never opposed nullification, only its misuse and misapplication. He was opposed to a specific process created by South Carolina, not the underlying principles.
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While a recent AP report was better than most in recent years, it still parroted some of the same old arguments.
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Few episodes in American history have so effectively demonstrated how to confront and end the enactment of malignant and unconstitutional laws.
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The problems facing the United States under the Articles of Confederation provide a nullification lesson for today. When states refuse to cooperate, the central government can’t get a whole lot done.
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When it comes to limits of federal power under the Constitution, the view of many Founding Fathers fits under the same theme. That is, federal acts outside of the Constitution are null and void.
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By December 1798, the United States was in a full-blown constitutional crisis, and James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were stealthily leading the fight to push the federal government back within its prescribed limits.
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Jefferson’s principles have endured for 215 years despite relentless attacks and demagoguery.
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Advice From James Madison, Father of the U.S. Constitution.
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Today, very few federal programs operate on federal resources alone.
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What did our Framers really say we must do when the federal government usurps power? They never said, “When the federal government ignores the Constitution, amend the Constitution.” They never said, “File a lawsuit and let federal judges decide.” Instead, they advised two manly remedies. We’ll look at one of them – nullification – in…
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From left to right, the mainstream agrees. Don’t nullify. Why? Because it might actually work.
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The Constitution. Every issue, every time. No exceptions, no excuses.
