by Robert Brown | May 31, 2017 | Eleven Years, Founders, James Madison, Nullification, Nullification
At some point in virtually every debate, an opponent of nullification will claim James Madison is on their side and that he opposed the practice. This despite the very clear meaning of the words in the Virginia Resolutions of 1798. So what gives? Was Madison for... 
by Mike Maharrey | Apr 29, 2017 | Anti-Commandeering Doctrine, Eleven Years, Media, Nullification, Nullification, Supremacy Clause
This is featured in today’s Tenther newsletter, which everyone in the nullification movement gets daily or weekly. Be one of them – and Become a member here to support the TAC. Last week, an Associated Press reporter interviewed me about a Texas bill that... 
by Dave Benner | Feb 15, 2017 | American Revolution, Eleven Years, Nullification, Nullification
Every so often, a candid examination of current events makes famous incidents in American history altogether relevant yet again. Given the modern political landscape, in my mind no incident demonstrates this more than the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765. Few episodes in... 
by Mike Maharrey | Jul 18, 2016 | Eleven Years, Nullification, Nullification, Strategy
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. Under the Articles of Confederation, the Congress could not... 
by Michael Boldin | May 1, 2016 | Eleven Years, Founding Principles, Nullification
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. Oliver Ellsworth, the Supreme Court’s third Chief Justice, put it this... 
by Mike Maharrey | Dec 22, 2015 | Eleven Years, James Madison, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, Nullification, Nullification
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. During the summer of that year, Congress passed...