“The 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.”
Evidently the acting Attorney General believes, correctly, that the states have the power to nullify unconstitutional federal laws. So the usual suspects went berserk, and trotted out the usual nonsense arguments. I’m especially entertained when law professors...
Lots of people are celebrating the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision because a Christian baker who had been punished for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding was vindicated. Unfortunately, the case is a mess, and resolves far less than you may think. I go...
Connecticut just became the tenth blue state to pledge to cast its electoral votes for whichever presidential candidate wins the popular vote nationally. Why? Because according to the measure’s proponents, the electoral college — along with everything else...
Think “police state” rhetoric is overblown? Wait until you hear my chat with John Whitehead, author of A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State. The video below was made by a listener, who edited my chat with John Whitehead down to the bare...
On July 14, 1798, the Sedition Act became law. Jefferson and Madison responded with the heroic Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, calling for nullification. I’ve given many talks on nullification, and written a book on it. But this is my favorite one. The last...