Friday, May 13, 2016

Nullification: A 21st Century Remedy August 13, 2016 Atlanta, GA

 

 Topic: The general government in Washington D.C. is out of control.  All three branches of government are complicit in the destruction of real federalism, what was once considered the cornerstone of the American polity.  “States’ Rights,” in fact, were a recognized fact of the original Constitution, both North and South.  As virtually every proponent of the Constitution insisted during the ratification process, the States were to be the pillars of the American federal republic with virtually unlimited power over the domestic concerns of their people.  The general government had expressly delegated powers for the general purposes of the Union, namely commerce and defense.

If the general government violated it’s enumerated authority, “the States would be powerful enough to check it,” as Roger Sherman of Connecticut said.

States in the North and the South routinely dusted off the idea of “nullification”  or “state interposition” before the War for Southern Independence.  Since 1865, however, the idea of  a State resisting unconstitutional federal authority has been branded “racist” or archaic, a relic of the past that should be buried along with any vestige of “disunion” sentiment.


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12 comments:

  1. Separation of powers was the most essential ingredient of the Constitution as far as I know. But once the different branches of the Federal government realized they could combine their resources to subject the American people, the separation of powers became a moot point.

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    1. But once the different branches of the Federal government realized they could combine their resources to subject the American people, the separation of powers became a moot point.


      Could be considered traitorous.

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  2. "Disunion" for freedom and self-determination have recently been considered a very good thing by our government when various republics were leaving the Soviet Union.

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    1. But not for us, I mean that's so completely different..................

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  3. Don't forget the 4th branch of gvt. The unelected, untouchable bureaucrats that enforce endless regulations.

    Good read
    Thanks.

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  4. Prior to 1913 no federal laws were passed that violated states rights. Now, other than civics students, no one knows what states rights are! Even if you know exactly what states
    rights are and that the Constitution was formed to protect
    the people's rights, what good is it doing. Like that
    homosexual rights, homosexual rights at the expense of everyone else's rights. They promote the teaching of alternate life styles and masturbation to grammar school children whether the parents agree or not. Amoral and if
    we had a moral gov, this would never exist. More of that
    communism again.

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    1. whether the parents agree or not.

      Despicable,but the parent's fault, as they should be hometeaching their children anyway as there are few private schools that are not PC.

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  5. I do believe I replied on the wrong post regarding communist
    Gloria Steinem and home schooling. Damn. I guess I would
    not qualify for home schooling kids.

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