Missouri Stands on Tenth Amendment to just say NO to Obamacare – HB1534
The Missouri State House has introduced proposed legislation, sponsored by Representative Kurt Bahr, and co-sponsored by Andrew Koenig, which would allow for misdemeanor charges being filed against any state or federal official attempting to enforce or implement the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the state. The legislation also makes plain Missouri’s view, [...]
Will Counties and Towns Nullify the NDAA?
Fremont, El Paso Counties in Colorado May Be Followed By Many More Some people argue that principles of state sovereignty would be a pointless strategy in their state. They argue that their statehouse is even more corrupt than the Feds and in some cases, they may have a point. Fortunately there is much that can [...]
Ron Paul Endorses Nullification
This past week, we finally got what we at TAC have been looking for for 5 years- a direct statement from Ron Paul about the very thing we promote here at ‘The Center’. Not only did Ron Paul use the ‘N Word’ (nullification), but he went so far as to provide a new talking point, [...]
Airport screeners grope baby – now we’re safe
This week’s TSA outrage comes to us courtesy of checkpoint screeners at the Kansas City International Airport. After a test on a stroller set of an explosive detection alarm, agents proceeded to pat down an infant last Saturday. Jacob Jester snapped a photo and posted it on his Twitter account with the following message. “Just [...]
New England Nullification Movement Grows
Back in March, the town of Sedgwick, Maine courageously voted to nullify certain unconstituional federal regulations dealing with local food production. The ordinance was passed in response to S.510, the odious Food Safety and Modernization Act, written by agricorps like Monsanto to put their smaller competitors out of business, and passed by Congress under the cover [...]
Oklahoma governor puts taxpayers’ money where her mouth is
Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin just set an important precedent. By rejecting $54.6 million in federal money to begin implementation of ObamaCare, the governor has firmly set herself against the unconstitutional law and with the citizens of her state. From Fox News: To make it clear Oklahoma will develop its own plan, the state will not accept a $54.6 million [...]
Who’s the real hypocrite?
Some guy named Doug Thompson took a cheap shot at Ron Paul recently in an incoherent article titled “The Constitutional hypocrisy of Ron Paul.” From what I could gather, Thompson’s claim is that Ron Paul supports nullification and the 10th Amendment, therefore Ron Paul is a racist because a document published in 1956 called the Southern Manifesto once alluded to nullification. [...]
Texas Takes on the TSA
Joe Pagliarulo (“Joe Pags“) spoke about his experience with the TSA’s invasive security procedures, the 4th Amendment, and what the state of Texas is doing about. Filling in for Glenn Beck, Pagliarulo quoted the following from bill sponsor Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview): Any person who touches another person without probable cause to believe that person [...]
New England Nullification Tradition Marches On
Though many living in New England today might be loathe to admit it, there is a long history of nullification being used in the region to defy unconstitutional federal edicts. This week, the town of Sedgwick, Maine voted to carry on that proud tradition by nullifying certain federal agricultural regulations. They did so through what might be the [...]
Splitting Arizona: Support grows for 51st state
Outraged over efforts in the Arizona State Legislature to nullify unconstitutional federal commands and prohibitions, a growing number of Pima County residents and even a few of their state legislators are proposing that they be permitted to break away from the rest of Arizona in order to form their own state. If they are eventually [...]
Bill Would Give Arizona Legislative Committee Power To Nullify Unconstitutional Federal “Laws”
“SB 1433 would create an Arizona legislative committee that would have the power to nullify any federal law they find unconstitutional. Opponents say [not surprisingly] the state would be exceeding its powers in creating such a committee.”
President Obama the Nullifier?
Whenever the subject of state nullification of unconstitutional acts comes up, opponents invariably insist that states don’t have the power to determine the constitutionality of an act, arguing that the Supreme Court serves as the final arbiter. Thomas Jefferson disagreed, pointing out that “as in all other cases of compact among powers having no common [...]
BREAKING NEWS – North Dakota Senate passes health care nullification bill
BISMARCK, N.D. – In a surprising turnaround, the North Dakota Senate passed a health care nullification bill on Friday. Nullification appeared dead after the Human Services Committee voted 3-1 to oppose SB2309. But Sen. Dick Dever (R-Bismarck) overcame the committee recommendation with a passionate speech on the Senate floor. “He spoke beautifully without notes except [...]
VA Intrastate Commerce Act up for key vote tomorrow
If we choose to exercise it, the Tenth Amendment explicitly gives us the power to enforce the Constitution’s letter and spirit through political action, regardless of the opinions and preferences of the ruling class.
Texans Move to Nullify Federal Education?
Though far from a reality, the very existence of this bill is an indication that the Federal Government’s monopoly on education policy may be waning.
I Voted to Contain Washington, DC!
It’s time to switch from a policy of regime change to a policy of containment. That policy of containment is called NULLIFICATION!
Something Historic is Happening: Nullify Now
TODAY’S SPECIAL: 50% off Nullify Now! Tickets – (Chattanooga 10-23, Phoenix 01-29, L.A. 04-23) – read below for details, get tickets at http://www.nullifynow.com/tickets/ or call 888-71-TICKETS ******* At this past weekend’s Nullify Now! event in Orlando, FL, hundreds of activists gathered to celebrate the 10th Amendment and find an answer to the essential question of [...]
More People Utter Forbidden Word: Nullification
I was pleasantly surprised to hear that Connecticut attorney general candidate Martha Dean not only defended her support for nullification at a debate last night, but also read from my book on the subject, quoting nineteenth-century Connecticut governor Jonathan Trumbull in support of the idea. Her opponent, naturally, gave the appropriately outraged response, which is [...]
Virginia Attorney General: Interposition Has a Bad History
Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli is urging Tea Partiers not to support the idea of state interposition. According to a report, “Attorney Gen. Cuccinelli, in private consultations with the Roanoke group, agreed, noting how Southern states had unsuccessfully invoked the doctrine in the 1960s to resist federal civil-rights legislation. ‘Interposition had a place in history, [...]
States to DC: Heck No!
Tom Woods interviewed by Jerry Doyle on 10-04-10. Tom will be the keynote speaker at Nullify Now! in Orlando on 10-10-10. Click here to get tickets – http://www.nullifynow.com/orlando/ – or call 888-71-TICKETS “Thomas Jefferson told us that if you’re expecting the federal government to limit itself, you’re going to be waiting a long, long time.” [...]
Tom Woods on CSPAN
Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code “Thomas Woods examines the legal theory of nullification, the belief that a state has the ability to void a federal law it deems unconstitutional, and presents his thoughts on how the theory could be used to repeal recently passed legislation by the Obama administration. The author contends [...]
It’s Time to Nullify Federal Court Decisions
As a supporter of laws like SB1070 and other state and local efforts to curb illegal immigration I am disturbed by the trend that federal courts are now weeding through state laws and deciding if they are constitutional or not. Whether or not you support state efforts to curb illegal immigration you have to agree [...]
Resisting DC
Tom Woods interviewed by Phil Russo and Jason Hoyt of Tea Party Patriots Live – 660AM WORL in Orlando – on September 25, 2010. Tom Woods will be the keynote speaker at Nullify Now! in Orlando on 10-10-10. Click here to get tickets – http://www.nullifynow.com/orlando/ – or call 888-71-TICKETS “The establishment does not want you [...]
Virginia Taking a Stand Against EPA
Virginia House Delegates Robert G. Marshall and Anne B. Crockett-Stark recently introduced HB 27. The Residential energy efficiency standards exempts certain homes from federal cap & trade legislation, and would limit the power of the EPA to set the standards for home construction in Virginia, as stated in the bill’s brief description. Residential energy efficiency [...]
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