On January 22, 1973, all fifty governors of the U.S. were confronted with the OBLIGATION to nullify an act of the federal government that was unconstitutional, oppressive, and murderous.
To this day, despite the deaths of fifty million people at the hands of the federal government, no governor has recognized any obligation to resist, let alone acted on it.
One or two states refusing to implement will bring down this house of cards. There’s already an uproar over the Nebraska provision and the chances of that remaining in the bill would seem slim.
What i want to know is what happens to the elected officials taking cover under a misused commerce clause? They are clearing grasping at straws and indeed must be aware of that themselves. How can they remain in office if they don’t know the law of the land? If they refuse to even give it anything but the most passing acknowledgement?
The federal Real ID Act was nullified by numerous states.
It’s now returning as the radio tracking “Enhanced Driver’s License,” compliments of “see no terrorism, hear no terrorism” homeland security director Janet Napolitano.
It’s time to nullify nearly everything coming from these DC fascists. What’s king obuma going to do? March a brigade of bed-wetting New York metrosexuals down to Texas to hit the governor over the head with a purse.
Joshua Chamberlain left the Northeast 100 years ago and he ain’t coming back.
bump and mark
P4L
As some others, I too am beginning to see some sort of states-based movement as a good way around much of the mess we're in.
BTW Jim, don't you ever sleep?
[[Thomas Woods: States Can Nullify Unconstitutional Federal Laws!]]
Yes, but it sucks for those folks hwo live in states that won’t nullify unconstitutional federal laws, and our federal government thrives on creating law that is unconstitutional knowing that many states won’t constest hte laws and will just buckle under for fear of being punished financially by hte government- little by little, the govenrment is trampling the constitution and getting away with it.
While states can nullify federal law individually, it would be much better to nullify the law nationally- upholding our constitution for EVERYONE, not just for htose in states that buck the govenrment’s attempts at usurping the constitution
BTTT! So happy to see you post Tom here. His voice should be heard far and wide. THANKS!
/mark
The "sanctuary" movement of the 1980s was a nullification of federal immigration laws.
Practical "nullification" of those laws goes on to this day.
Washington either doesn't care or doesn't want to or can't make state and local authorities comply with federal immigration law when state and local governments don't want to, so city and state agencies do as they please.
But is that really a good model for how government should work?
Woods is one of those people who believes that the Articles of Confederation were a better system than the Constitution.
He has the right to think so. But he may be treating the Constitution as though it were the Articles. That would be a problem.