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Streaming live Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 9:30am Pacific, host Michael Boldin covers the latest news from the nullification movement – plus essential history lessons from the founders and old revolutionaries. All with a mind on strategy to support and advance the constitution and liberty today – and in the future.
Latest Episodes
Federal Robbery: Asset Forfeiture Program Helps States Steal
Civil asset forfeiture is theft. Despite the fact that a growing number of states are limiting or even ending this ...
10th Amendment Explained: Tench Coxe on State vs Federal Power
"Independent of the control or interference of the federal government." That’s how Tench Coxe described the vast majority of power ...
Government is Evil: Timeless Lessons from Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
January 10, 1776: Thomas Paine didn’t hold back in Common Sense. Far more than just a call for independence from ...
Most Important Inaugural Address: Forgotten Principles of Jefferson
The 10th Amendment, peace, cutting spending and debt, and eliminating taxes - these are just a few of the key ...
Forgotten Dangers of Political Parties: Warnings We’ve Ignored for too Long
We’re diving into one of the Founders’ most critical lessons: the dangers of factions and party spirit. To truly understand ...
Benjamin Franklin’s Almanack Uncovered: Wisdom They Don’t Want You to Know
Today - like every day - is a perfect time to revisit the timeless wisdom of his Poor Richard’s Almanack ...
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Category: 10th Amendment
The 10th Amendment: An Introduction
What does it mean, why did they think it was so important? And would we even have a constitution today ...
The 10th Amendment: Sovereignty of the People of the Several States
In the system of the Founders, the powers of both the "general government and the state governments" are "emanations of ...
The 10th Amendment and the Virginia Ratifying Convention
In Virginia, there was pretty fierce debate over the ratification of the Constitution. The principle of delegated and reserved powers ...
Category: Nullification Essentials
Nullification: An Introduction
Relying on the federal government to limit its own power is not just bad strategy - it’s dangerous to the ...
Did James Madison Reject Nullification?
Opponents of nullification often cite James Madison - author of the Virginia Resolutions of 1798 - as conclusive evidence that ...
James Madison: How to Defeat Federal Programs
In response to the hated Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, on Dec 21 and Christmas Eve, Virginia passed a ...
Category: Right to Keep and Bear Arms
4 Essential Steps to Nullify Federal Gun Control
All gun control is a violation of your natural right to keep and bear arms. But the ATF and their ...
2nd Amendment Preservation: Foundation to Nullify Federal Gun Control
Using advice from James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and others - and following up on the success implementing these strategies on ...
Self-Defense: The First Law of Nature
The top-10 quotes from the founding generation on the natural right to keep and bear arms. Thomas Jefferson and George ...
Category: In the Founders’ Words
Precedent Has Always Been the Problem
And no, we’re not referring to the courts, at least not this time. Wisdom and warnings from John Dickinson, George ...
James Otis, Jr: Firebrand of the Revolution
Few today know James Otis, Jr. - born Feb 5, 1725 - whose 5 hour oration against the Writs of ...
George Washington’s Warnings: Top-3 from his Farewell Address
Almost totally ignored today, George Washington's Farewell Address was packed full of advice and warnings for the future. On this ...
Category: Federal Courts
The Supreme Court is a Big Part of the Problem: Police State Edition
Much of the police state we live under today has been given a green light by the Supreme Court - ...
Who Decides? James Madison on Interpreting the Constitution
For the “Father of the Constitution,” giving interpretive supremacy to any one branch would destroy the separation of powers. So ...
The #1 Reason the Supreme Court is a Waste of your Time
Under the monster state we all face today, no matter who sits on the supreme court, the federal government will ...
Category: Police State
Copposition: Thin Blue Line vs the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
In state after state, after state ...the most aggressive - and effective - opponents of legislation to protect or advance ...
Top-4 Lies in Support of Qualified Immunity
A legal doctrine created out of thin air by the federal courts, and then forced on all 50 states - ...
State-Federal Task Forces and the National Police State
Through the proliferation of joint law enforcement task forces, the federal government is creating a national police force that operates ...
Category: Nullification Strategy
Who is Supposed to Keep the Feds in Check?
Who is responsible for keeping the federal government within the limits of the Constitution? It’s definitely not about somehow magically ...
Compliance is Violence: Dickinson and Spooner on the Path to Liberty
John Dickinson and Lysander Spooner were separated by nearly a century in life, and possibly even more in their political ...
Partnerships Don’t Work When Half the Team Quits
The federal government and the states are partners in almost every major domestic policy area. And, as leading founders like ...
Category: Essential History
When Did Things Go Off the Rails?
The Constitution is not in force in any meaningful way, but when did things get like this? Some people think ...
Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of Why it Exists
Most people associate passage of amendments in the 1st Congress with the dogged persistence of Rep. James Madison. But if ...
Common Sense: The Most Brilliant Pamphlet in History?
First published on January 10, 1776 - Thomas Paine’s Common Sense defended and inspired the cause of independence like no ...
Category: Surveillance
Big Wins for Liberty: State Laws Push Back vs Feds (CBDC, 2A Privacy, More)
Despite all the bad things happening all around us - there actually is some GOOD news to report! New state ...
From Banks to Big Brother: The Rise of Financial Surveillance
Think you have financial privacy? Think again. Since Nixon, the US has increasingly turned banks and the entire financial industry ...
Caught in the Crosshairs? How Geofence Warrants Turn Innocent People into Suspects
Imagine being a suspect for simply walking near a crime scene. That's the reality of a mass, warrantless surveillance tool ...
Category: War Powers
Armies and Debts and Taxes. Oh My!
The founders warned us - over and over and over again - about the dangers to liberty from war. As ...
The Cost of War is Much More than Financial
Can’t say we weren’t warned. Over and over, and over - and over. Yet here we are today - and ...
War Powers and the Constitution: An Overview
“In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question ...
Category: Asset Forfeiture
Asset Forfeiture is Theft: Another Supreme Court Fail
Many people believe the Supreme Court “ended asset forfeiture” with its 2019 opinion in Timbs v. Indiana. That’s not only ...
Nullify the Federal “Equitable Sharing” Asset Forfeiture Program
Even when states end civil asset forfeiture, a federal program called “equitable sharing” encourages them to participate in a federal ...
Asset Forfeiture is Theft
Nullification Movement News, Episode 3. This week's stories include: -5 States vs State and Fed Forfeiture -The Fiat Currency Regime ...
Category: Nullification Movement
State of the Nullification Movement 2021
We were warned. Relying on the federal government to magically limit its own power would guarantee that power would always ...
Status Report: Nullify Federal Gun Control
States have the power to pull the rug out from under federal gun control enforcement. Get a status report update ...
Dozens of Small Towns Reject Federal Bribe Money
With federal “funding” comes federal strings - and federal control. And while most state and local governments are happy with ...
Category: Federal Reserve
The “Evils of Paper Money” Have No End: The Founders Warned us Why
The Founding Fathers were deeply worried about the dangers of paper money, because they lived them first hand. On this ...
Big Wins for Liberty: State Laws Push Back vs Feds (CBDC, 2A Privacy, More)
Despite all the bad things happening all around us - there actually is some GOOD news to report! New state ...
End the Fed from the Bottom Up: The Founders’ Plan You can Use Now
The federal reserve is never going to end itself. And congress is not going to shut off its own private ...
Category: Brutus’ Antifederalist Papers
The Dangers of Consolidation: Antifederalist Brutus No. 1
Whether they supported or opposed the Constitution - virtually everyone at the time of ratification was in agreement on at ...
Consolidation vs Natural Liberty: Antifederalist Brutus No. 2
With a natural rights foundation - along with warnings about consolidation and people with power - in his 2nd of ...
Oppress and Plunder: Antifederalist Brutus No. 3
In his 3rd essay, Antifederalist Brutus made the case that ratification should be rejected because representation in Congress was far ...
Category: Cato’s Antifederalist Papers
Urging Caution: Antifederalist Cato No. 1
Just days after the proposed Constitution was signed in Philadelphia, the first of Cato’s Antifederalist papers was published in the ...
Hamilton’s Dictatorship: Antifederalist Cato No. 2
In response to the first published antifederalist paper from Cato, Alexander Hamilton (likely) launched a scatching attack. Writing as Caesar, ...
Consolidation Leads to Force: Antifederalist Cato No. 3
In his 3rd paper, Cato focuses on the dangers of consolidation, or centralization of power. In support, he relies on ...
Category: Patrick Henry’s Antifederalist Speeches
We the People or We the States: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speech No. 1
In his first speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry challenged the legitimacy of the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, ...
Liberty or Empire: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speech No. 2
Centralization of power, standing armies, an elected king - would lead to a mighty empire, rather than a land of ...
Don’t Give in to Fear: Patrick Henry’s Anti-Federalist Speech No. 3
Responding to Federalist claims that rejecting ratification would lead to danger, chaos and potential ruin, Patrick Henry took the other ...
Category: Letters from a Federal Farmer
Antifederalist: Top Warnings from the Federal Farmer
In his series of 18 letters, Federal Farmer repeatedly warned about the dangers of centralized power, predicting that the proposed ...
Beware of Tyrants: Anti-Federalist Federal Farmer No. 1
In the first of his 18 anti-federalist letters, the Federal Farmer warned against adopting a new system hastily out of ...
The Perils of Centralization: Anti-Federalist Federal Farmer No. 2-3
The Federal Farmer lays out a laundry list of reasons why the system under the constitution “will have a strong ...