Nullification
Nullification Made Easy
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...
Left and Right Agree: Don’t Nullify Because it Will Work!
From left to right, the mainstream agrees. Don’t nullify. Why? Because it might actually work. Last year, Ian Millhiser, Senior Fellow at the George Soros-funded Center for American Progress Action Fund and Editor of Justice at the...
The Whiskey Rebellion: True History and Hidden Lessons
The standard version of the whiskey rebellion story, the one which I believed until I started reading on the topic, goes something like this…. In 1791, the Congress passed a whiskey tax. In 1792, four back-woods counties in western Pennsylvania, unable to cooperate...
Anti-Commandeering: The Legal Basis for Refusing to Participate
(download this article as a pdf, print and share) The Supreme Court has long held that states do not have to be active participants in the enforcement or effectuation of federal acts or regulatory programs. The basis for what is now known as the legal doctrine of...