Nullification: The Founders’ Solution to Federal Overreach
Honest observers of our nation’s governmental system must agree on one point: The federal government has far exceeded its constitutional limitations. From regularly violating Americans’ God-given rights (including gun control and vaccine mandates) to exercising powers not delegated to it (including education policy and the Federal Reserve), the federal government is blatantly ignoring the U.S. Constitution.
State governments have an obligation to resist this federal overreach, but they cannot do so by just any means they choose — they must use the correct method. Some in the conservative movement are promoting an Article V Convention as the solution to an out-of-control federal government. However, this is a false solution that only threatens the Constitution and the God-given rights it protects.
Instead, rather than seeking to change the Constitution, state officials ought to enforce it — and the way to enforce it is by nullifying unconstitutional laws. In addition to being constitutionally sound, nullification has been, and is still being, successfully used to push back against federal overreach.
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