“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.”
Andrew Jackson had a couple of superb veto messages as President. His veto of the bill re-chartering the Second Bank of the United States displayed cogency and a firm understanding of the powers of Congress. He also was unwilling to concede the Constitutional question...
Today in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln decided to send ships to resupply Fort Sumter after being repeatedly warned by South Carolina that such a gesture would be interpreted as an act of war. Confederate forces under the command of General PGT Beauregard then began...
I recently appeared on the Hintergedanken Show with Maxwell Stetson for a little Tenther talk. This was a “back to the basics” discussion on the Tenth Amendment and political decentralization. I explained the meaning of the Tenth Amendment and what it...
On this episode of Good Morning Liberty, host Michael Boldin (follow) discusses a new poll on secession that shows strong support for state nullification as well. He also covers previous polls on nullification from 2013 and 2015. Plus, ignorant comments of the week...
Last week, I was a guest of Jeff Deist on the Mises Weekend podcast: Attorney General Jeff Sessions was at it again last week, insisting that the supremacy of federal law is “settled”—which is his way of saying nullification and secession are illegal. But...