โThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.โ
Interestingly, opponents of nullification rarely, if ever, challenge James Madison and Thomas Jeffersonโs reasoning head on. Those who manage to get past the straw-man arguments centering around racism and the Civil War generally go straight to constitutional...
Writing for Hot Airโs Green Room last week, Patrick Ishmael declared that nullification was unconstitutional and cited a number of columns from organizations such as The Heartlander and The Heritage Foundation as proof. Ishmael’s post was mostly a continuation...
Last December, when Tennessee Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mount Juliet, said she would introduce legislation which would declare null and void any federal law the state deems unconstitutional, some people were horrified. Rep. Lynn was specifically targeting the health-care...
