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Nullification - The Yankee Version
Old Virginia Blog ^ | 02/05/2009 | Richard Williams

Posted on 02/05/2009 7:02:29 AM PST by Davy Buck

The doctrine of nullification is being resurrected:

"Such plans by the bureaucrats and administrators in Washington, D.C., are 'altogether void' and if mandated, 'shall constitute a nullification of the Constitution for the United States.'"

And this time it's Yankees making the case...

(Excerpt) Read more at oldvirginiablog.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Issues
KEYWORDS: federalism; nullification; secession; yankee

1 posted on 02/05/2009 7:02:30 AM PST by Davy Buck
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To: Davy Buck

The people are restless. The feds are scrambling to consoladate power. The currrent stimulus bill has considerable state funding included. Which will have pretty short stings attached.

My state, MISSOURI, is already oodling over how to be prepared to spend the money ASAP.

so much for the resolutions re-stating the sovergn rights of states and the people within....


2 posted on 02/05/2009 7:25:31 AM PST by o_zarkman44 (Since when is paying more, but getting less, considered Patriotic?)
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To: o_zarkman44

Remember, we were divided pretty evenly in the election. There are two major camps in Missouri: those favoring what’s right and Obama supporters.


3 posted on 02/05/2009 7:51:17 AM PST by ronnyquest ("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Davy Buck
From the link within the link:

That means, the resolution states, any “Act by the Congress of the United States, Executive Order of the President of the United States of American or Judicial Order by the Judicatories of the United States of America which assumes a power not delegated to the government … and which serves to diminish the liberty of the any of the several States or their citizens shall constitute a nullification of the Constitution for the United States of America by the government of the United States of America.”

This seems to assert that:

The assumption of “a power not delegated to the government…” “shall constitute a nullification of the Constitution for the United States of America by the government of the United States of America”

Even though

“(N)ullification of the Constitution for the United States of America by the government of the United States of America” is “a power not delegated to the government…”.

They complain the government assumes powers not delegated to it while ceding to the government a power not delegated to it.

A start, but not good enough for something so important.

4 posted on 02/05/2009 8:54:45 AM PST by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: ronnyquest

And then there are another 2 million Missourians who didn’t vote for either. We don’t know what side they stand with or if they even have a side.


5 posted on 02/05/2009 9:10:27 AM PST by o_zarkman44 (Since when is paying more, but getting less, considered Patriotic?)
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To: o_zarkman44
Those people may be waiting for their stim'lus...
6 posted on 02/05/2009 10:27:25 AM PST by ronnyquest ("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Davy Buck

Interesting reads, both the linked article, and the article it referenced.


7 posted on 02/05/2009 2:30:00 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: KrisKrinkle

Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don’t.
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Is that kinda like, imagine Walte Brennan speaking; “It ain’t all the things a man don’t know that makes him stupid, it’s all the things he knows damn well...that ain’t so”?


8 posted on 02/07/2009 6:09:10 AM PST by RipSawyer (I have scant HOPE for the PRESENT absent a major CHANGE.)
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To: RipSawyer

“Is that kinda like, ...”

Yep, kinda like. Comes from the same way of thinking.


9 posted on 02/07/2009 7:26:17 AM PST by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: KrisKrinkle

Comes from the same way of thinking.
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Or not thinking.


10 posted on 02/07/2009 10:58:48 AM PST by RipSawyer (I have scant HOPE for the PRESENT absent a major CHANGE.)
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