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Legal Experts Call Nullification Unconstitutional and Seditious
In an article in the Kansas City Star, several law professors claim that the federal government is superior to state governments and that nullification — the right of states to...
Police Chief Seeks Nullification of Unconstitutional Gun Control
While the Obama administration and some Democrat lawmakers plot ever more extreme assaults on the Second Amendment, state and local officials across the country are working just as hard...
Legislators in 3 States Set to Introduce ObamaCare Nullification Bills
On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision upheld ObamaCare — the joint venture of the President and Congress to force every American, regardless of ability or desire, to...
Oklahoma State Rep. to Propose ObamaCare Nullification Bill
Last week the Supreme Court of the United States exceeded its authority by declaring an unconstitutional act of Congress constitutional. While there are many powerful weapons in the fight that...
New Hampshire Passes Jury Nullification Law
On June 18, Governor John Lynch of New Hampshire signed into law HB 146, a bill granting to juries in that state the right “to judge the application of the...
Nullification: Separating Fact from Fiction
Are calls for nullification serious? Isn’t the federal government in charge? Is nullification the same as secession? ...
The Case for Nullification
Americans who wish to reverse the growing power of the federal government only need to remember that any federal law that is unconstitutional has no legal effect and that...
Missouri State Senator Introduces Nullification Bill
In Federalist No. 46, James Madison predicted: But ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments, would not excite the opposition of...
MSNBC Host Ridiculed for Attack on Nullification
Leftist MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is being figuratively ripped apart by critics after her embarrassing, half-baked attack on the resurgence of state efforts to nullify unconstitutional federal statutes attracted...
ObamaCare: Idaho Passes Nullification Lite
Following several earlier failed attempts, the Idaho Senate, in the closing hours of the legislative session, passed a bill aimed at limiting the state's "discretionary" participation in the federal...
Thomas Woods: On the Fed, Nullification, and Rollback
Thomas E. Woods, Jr., is a senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and his M.Phil., and Ph.D. from...
Activists Bring “Nullification Now” Tour to N.H.
Bestselling author Thomas E. Woods, Jr. told the 250 to 300 people attending the "Nullification Now" tour in its stop at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester on March...
Maine Legislator Introduces Nullification Resolution
As has been well chronicled in The New American and elsewhere, over a dozen states (16 at least) have recently proposed bills seeking to defend their constitutionally protected sovereignty....
On Nullification, Just Follow Liberals’ Lead
It isn’t often that conservatives can learn something from liberals, but I think the current debate over nullification is an exception. ...
Idaho ObamaCare Nullification Bill Is Constitutional
The effort by Idaho lawmakers to nullify Obamacare has suffered some temporary setbacks, but is scheduled to be introduced in the Idaho House State Affairs Committee on Monday, February...