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I regret that I am forced to paraphrase a quote from America’s founding that says in essence that the exercise of power is only limited by what is tolerated. It sounds like Jefferson of course, but might not be. One should copy such things immediately. I’ve spent enough time trying to find it again. Anyway, it’s consistent with the overall flavor of many quotes about overreaching power and resistance. What I want to point up is that the law is an agreement of a civil society. Just as its enforcers are not respected without the threat of penalty, they

Stay tuned for an article about this year's Nullify Now Conference.

In September of 2010, Nullify rolled into Fort Worth, Texas to kick off a national tour promoting liberty, states' rights, the 10th Amendment and Nullification as a tool to stop an over-reaching federal government. Nullify Now, a production of the 10th Amendment Center, returns to Texas stopping in Austin this weekend.

In comments after the post, “Nullification News And Thoughts,” I responded to a comment that making such an assertion will require courage; I responded that yes, it will require courage AND understanding… Popular education and media, which is all that most people get,

Some of you will recall that I have affirmed the legitimacy of state nullification of unconstitutional (critical adjective) federal government actions in the recent past. We need as many as possible to be well-informed and able to articulate and defend these issues. Adding the article below to what I have already read of the history of The US Constitution and the conversation surrounding it, it seems some favored strength in the federal government while some state representatives feared and spurned it. Among our noted founders,

Recently, intentions have been overridden by circumstance. Starting a day with a few topics in mind, another priority intrudes on plans. I have been posting on the idea and the necessity of nullification, and had a couple of entirely different matters in mind for discussion.

In my last post, I again made reference to the idea that states ought to refuse to comply with unconstitutional federal directives. There is affirmation for such nullification in the founding era, explicitly discussed in pre-constitutional deliberations and in the culmination of the consequent Bill of Rights, The Tenth Amendment:

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott took a few minutes out of the national TV news schedule today to talk to the people of Texas in an exclusive interview with TexasGOPVote.com.   Read more »

In Obama’s State Of The Union Speech, he said we all share the same ideals. Well, not exactly. We may all want opportunity, equality, and prosperity for everyone; may even believe we want constitutionality. But achieving that and how such a state would look and operate, mean different things to different people.

On September 4, 2010, the middle of Labor Day holiday weekend, an auditorium in Forth Worth, Texas, was crowded with activists concerned about individual liberty and state sovereignty in the face of the crisis of a power-hungry, bloated U.S. federal government.   Read more »

The 10th Amendment to the US Constitution states, "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." Yet, the Federal Government has expanded its powers well beyond the scope intended by the founding fathers of our country. How do we stop this unconstitutional expansion of federal power?   Read more »