When the feds violate the #constitution - #nullification is the rightful remedy. @mmaharrey10th#history #liberty #resist #nullify #10thAmendment pic.twitter.com/02zwLCTMoM
— TenthAmendmentCenter (@TenthAmendment) January 9, 2021
The Kentucky Resolutions Were All About Nullification
Some skeptics claim that the Kentucky Resolutions weren’t really about nullification because John Breckinridge took the word “nullification” out of Jefferson’s draft before he introduced them in the Kentucky legislature. But I have found new..."The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, that we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time, and eternally press forward for what is yet to get." -Thomas Jefferson@mmaharrey10th #resist #nullify #liberty #10thAmendment pic.twitter.com/zqk3Dp72J1
— TenthAmendmentCenter (@TenthAmendment) January 4, 2021
Sometimes Big Things Start With Small Things
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798 formalized resistance to the unconstitutional Alien and Sedition Acts and laid out the principles of nullification. But there were important actions at the local level that preceded the resolutions and galvanized support...States have the power - and duty - to nullify unconstitutional federal acts. @mmaharrey10th pic.twitter.com/X48kLIxLWL
— TenthAmendmentCenter (@TenthAmendment) November 10, 2020
This Radically Altered My Worldview
I will never forget the first time I read the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. It radically altered my worldview. States have the power – and duty – to nullify unconstitutional federal acts. @mmaharrey10th pic.twitter.com/X48kLIxLWL —...