“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.”
Tracing its roots back to John Locke, the Mayflower Compact – and even earlier – the “consent of the governed” was one of the most important principles in the Declaration of Independence, and was the foundation for the formation of the Constitution as...
“We the People” created our government with the ratification of our Constitution. We are supposed to be the employer and the elected officials are supposed to be our employees. The Constitution is the rulebook that was created to officiate the government....
One criticism leveled against nullification is that it is usually a “partisan thing.” In other words, most of the proponents of nullifying Obamacare are Republicans. Also, a vast majority of proponents of nullifying the war on drugs are Democrats. This is a...
