[Paine in the Neck]

It was the STATES that created the Federal Government.

States need to look into the process of Nullification

She pontificates about that which she doesn't understand. The Federal gov't is the child of the States as Jeb says. I'm all in favor of the States reminding the Fed of that thru Nullification but the trick is finding a way to make it stick in the face of inevitable financial coercion by the Fed. The 16th and 17th Amendments have to go; 17 to restore the States' representation and 16 to get the Fed's hands off the money.

[xkaydet65]

Andrew Jackson dealt with Nullification and as for secession, well we know where that went. I' am all for using the X Amendment to limit the power of the Federal Govt. But any real belief that things like the elastic clause of Article 1 and the interstate commerce clause are going to disappear or that Americans are going to forego the largesse of the federal govt and allow their states to assume that role is unrealistic.