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To: esquirette
Jury nullification is the refusal of a jury to enter the verdict that an unjust law demands. Tom Woods seeks to inform us that this is the definitive remedy - just do not enforce unjust laws.

Yes, it is ultimately court and legal system dependent, but it is deeper than simply jury nullification. It is STATE NULLIFICATION of unjust and unconstitutional FEDERAL LAW. Nullification is the simple idea of the "lesser magistrate" (to quote Calvin) simply rebels and refuses to submit to the dictates of a tyrant. We have the principle in jury nullification, but the principle is also as American as apple pie in the idea of STATE nullification.

We have this going on now, for example. Did you know it is FEDERAL LAW that we have a national ID card? It is. The reason it is not enforced is......(drumroll) THE STATES ARE REFUSING TO ENFORCE IT OR COOPERATE! The same with Montana, Tennessee, Utah, and several other states who have passed resolutions refusing to cooperate with the ATF re: aspects of firearms legislation. The same with Arizona and the immigration situation. The same with "medical marijuana" (the FED has NO authority to create and enforce such statutes as are on the books.... and btw, I don't smoke pot). The same with the remarks upstream re: Obamacare "federalizing" state legislatures to enforce universal healthcare. There are many examples of state nullification GOING ON NOW.

Do not kid yourself. DC fears this mentality more than ANY cultural movement going on, and it is a fear that runs through BOTH parties, although the Dems are more egregious in some areas. If this really took hold, it would transform the entire cultural structure of the USA, which has been drifting towards collectivism for decades, but has recently turned that drift into a full steam ahead sprint.

Please DO buy the book. Buy two or three of them and give some to friends. I have no financial or other interest in this, btw. I am simply a patriot who would like my country back.

19 posted on 07/02/2010 5:20:30 AM PDT by AK_47_7.62x39 (There are many moderate Muslims, but there is no such thing as a moderate Islam. -- Geert Wilders)
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To: AK_47_7.62x39

A gunner and a Calvinist.....winning combo, btw.


22 posted on 07/02/2010 5:34:32 AM PDT by esquirette ("Our hearts are restless until they find rest in Thee." ~ Augustine)
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To: AK_47_7.62x39
There's plenty of so called conservatives that are just as brain dead as that Zombie. Big govt. worshipers, that support a federal marijuana war, the ATF, the EPA, etc and it's high time they were ALL outed, along with the lib/ socialists.
44 posted on 07/06/2010 8:55:08 AM PDT by FBD (My carbon footprint is bigger then yours)
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