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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.

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Nullification Works: Cannabis 2022 Edition

With federal enforcement numbers dropping by as much as 90% in the last 6 years, it should be obvious that ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Did James Madison Reject Nullification?

Opponents of nullification often cite James Madison - author of the Virginia Resolutions of 1798 - as conclusive evidence that ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 - ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 - ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Category: Surveillance

Fusion Centers Facilitate Spying on Everybody

Fusion centers were sold to the public as state-federal partnerships to go after "the terrorists." But to keep their budgets ...
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Stolen Loot, Secret Spending and Stingray Surveillance

Asset forfeiture, federal equitable sharing funds, secret warrantless surveillance and more. All unconstitutional - and all in a day’s work ...
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Federal Stimulus Funds Gun Control Surveillance

A gun control surveillance technology - “acoustic gunshot detection” - has been funded by unconstitutional federal grants to local police ...
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Category: War Powers

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 ...
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James Madison: Universal Peace

In a little-known 1792 essay, James Madison recognized that “a universal and perpetual peace” is something that might never exist ...
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Liberty is the Price of Endless War

When most people talk about federal overreach, they generally focus on domestic issues - education, healthcare, social policy, mandates, and ...
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Category: Asset Forfeiture

Stolen Loot, Secret Spending and Stingray Surveillance

Asset forfeiture, federal equitable sharing funds, secret warrantless surveillance and more. All unconstitutional - and all in a day’s work ...
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