[contemplator]

Thanks for the ping and posting the article. As a staunch Federalist I find that it's amazing how few truly understand a concept which is at the core of what has defined America, and around which so many of our struggles in the past (Civil War and Civil Rights movement just to name the biggies) revolve.

Jefferson's side of the argument is not nearly as widely read and studied in schools as The Federalist Papers (Which deserve full consideration as well).

Jefferson was not as adept at using the media of his day (Newspapers) as was his adversaries. Although I fall on the other side of the fence, I still feel that Jefferson's views deserved to have been given the full attention they deserved instead of the demonization treatment they got.

[jonestown]

You previously mentioned:

"--- James Madison fought Thomas Jefferson over that very concept a long time ago. The Federalists won. The papers (both sides of the argument) make for an awesome, mind opening read.

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According to the article, -- Madison & Jefferson agreed on a States right to nullify:

" --- nullification was not simply a doctrine that Jefferson and Madison contrived out of nowhere as an ad hoc response to the threat to civil liberties posed by the Alien and Sedition Acts. -- "

Perhaps they didn't disagree on the concept that ALL levels of government, Fed/State/local must support the US Constitution?