Nullification
Nov 9, 2012 11:00:08 GMT -5
Post by Michael Downing on Nov 9, 2012 11:00:08 GMT -5
I have begun to concentrate on Secession and Nullification efforts and will be looking starting a Refounding Fathers group locally if there are those interested. At the 10th Amendment Center you can find what your state has done and what it is working on to restrict the powers of the Leviathan on the Potomac and reassert their sovereignty.
The 10th Amendment Nullification Movement
“If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions’ authors (Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively), it will continue to grow – regardless of elections, the separation of powers, and other much-touted limits on government power.”
–Thomas E. Woods
Nullification: When a state “nullifies” a federal law, it is
proclaiming that the law inquestion is void and inoperative, or
“non-effective,” within the boundaries of that state; or, in other words, not a law as far as that state is concerned
The 10th Amendment Movement is an effort to push back against unconstitutional federal laws and regulations on a state level. The principle is known as “nullification,” and was advised by many prominent founders.
tenthamendmentcenter.com/the-10th-amendment-movement/
The Nullification Movement
One thing overlooked in the uproar surrounding the election is the nullification of federal narcotics law in Washington state and Colorado. If these laws are allowed to stand without challenge from Eric Holder's Justice Department, then the green light is on for nullifying any federal law -- including ObamaCare.
Nullification is based upon the principle that is best described in the words of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence:
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."
This simple statement asserts that no government may impose its will upon the people without their consent and that if the people make it known that they do not consent then the imposition is nullified. The very first time that a nullification resolution was passed in our history was the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 to nullify the Alien and Sedition acts. The author of this resolution was Thomas Jefferson, who had to write the resolution in secret because if it were known that he was opposed to these acts, he would have been imprisoned, even though he was vice president at the time.
Jefferson had help from another of the founding fathers, James Madison. Madison wrote the Virginia Resolution, which nullified the Alien and Seditions Acts in Virginia. These nullification resolutions were never tested in court since in the next presidential election Jefferson became president, repealed the laws and pardoned all those who had been imprisoned under the Alien and Seditions acts.
Read more: www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/11/the_nullification_movement.html#ixzz2BjzkZaXZ
The 10th Amendment Nullification Movement
“If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions’ authors (Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively), it will continue to grow – regardless of elections, the separation of powers, and other much-touted limits on government power.”
–Thomas E. Woods
Nullification: When a state “nullifies” a federal law, it is
proclaiming that the law inquestion is void and inoperative, or
“non-effective,” within the boundaries of that state; or, in other words, not a law as far as that state is concerned
The 10th Amendment Movement is an effort to push back against unconstitutional federal laws and regulations on a state level. The principle is known as “nullification,” and was advised by many prominent founders.
tenthamendmentcenter.com/the-10th-amendment-movement/
The Nullification Movement
One thing overlooked in the uproar surrounding the election is the nullification of federal narcotics law in Washington state and Colorado. If these laws are allowed to stand without challenge from Eric Holder's Justice Department, then the green light is on for nullifying any federal law -- including ObamaCare.
Nullification is based upon the principle that is best described in the words of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence:
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."
This simple statement asserts that no government may impose its will upon the people without their consent and that if the people make it known that they do not consent then the imposition is nullified. The very first time that a nullification resolution was passed in our history was the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 to nullify the Alien and Sedition acts. The author of this resolution was Thomas Jefferson, who had to write the resolution in secret because if it were known that he was opposed to these acts, he would have been imprisoned, even though he was vice president at the time.
Jefferson had help from another of the founding fathers, James Madison. Madison wrote the Virginia Resolution, which nullified the Alien and Seditions Acts in Virginia. These nullification resolutions were never tested in court since in the next presidential election Jefferson became president, repealed the laws and pardoned all those who had been imprisoned under the Alien and Seditions acts.
Read more: www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/11/the_nullification_movement.html#ixzz2BjzkZaXZ