Thomas Jefferson: “the several States
composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited
submission to their General Government”
Jefferson’s words are the simplest, but possibly most powerful, explanation of the
structure of our federal, not national, form of government. The federal
government is authorized to exercise only those powers delegated to it in the
constitution. His advice when it doesn’t?
“a nullification of the act is
the rightful remedy.”
This is why we’re launching the Nullify Now! tour (http://www.nullifynow.com) in 4 cities next
month (with a number of other stops to be announced soon) – to teach people that
they actually have a choice when presented with this option:
Liberty or Unlimited Submission. Which do you
choose?
Since you’re reading this message, it’s likely your interest lies with
liberty. Sadly, though – many people don’t realize that there IS an option
other than submission to the dictates of the congress, the president, and the
black-robed deities that sit on the federal court. With your help, we can turn
this around!
The following are some fantastic op-ed articles from featured speakers on the
Nullify Now! tour – please stop by, read, comment – and share with your friends and
family.
And, if you haven’t done so yet - click here to get
your tickets today! (http://www.nullifynow.com/tickets/)
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In Arizona, States’ Rights Should be Encouraged, Not
Punished
by Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico – speaker at Nullify Now!
Orlando
(click
here to read more and comment now)
The situation in Arizona is a crystallizing example of how the federal government
has taken the very limited authority granted it by the Constitution and expanded
that authority to make a mockery of states’ rights and primacy.
How many times have we heard in the weeks since the Arizona law was enacted that
“Immigration is a federal issue?” Certainly, securing our border and
managing the flow of people across that border is an appropriate federal role
– consistent with the Constitution. But, where is it written in the founding
documents that a state doesn’t have the right to enact its own laws and
policies relating to immigrants, both legal and illegal, who choose to enter and
reside in that state?
http://www.nullifynow.com/2010/08/states-rights-should-be-encouraged-not-punished/
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What Would Jefferson Do? Nullify Now!
by Jack Hunter, American Conservative Magazine – speaker at Nullify Now!
Chattanooga
(click
here to read more and comment now)
Along with programs like Social Security and Medicare, anyone who really believes
the Founding Fathers intended for the federal government to regulate-much less
mandate-healthcare insurance, needs to have their head examined. But what can
Americans upset about this legislation do? States’ rights challenges to
Obamacare are certainly a step in the right direction, but does anyone believe the
Supreme Court is going to side with the states and against the federal government?
History suggests otherwise.
Perhaps it is time to cut the federal government out of the equation altogether.
While supporters of Obamacare are still pointing to Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon
Johnson as guiding lights, opponents might want to point to Thomas Jefferson by
revisiting his famous “nuclear option” of limiting federal power:
nullification.
http://www.nullifynow.com/2010/08/what-would-jefferson-do-nullify-now/
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Restore Sovereignty
by Debra Medina, Constitutional Activist, founder of WeTexans – speaker at
Nullify Now! Fort Worth
(click here to read
more and comment now)
We must demand that our elected officials support and respect the 10th amendment and
Texas sovereignty. The U.S. Constitution not only protects citizens’ freedoms
in the Bill of Rights, it also divides power between the federal and state
governments and ultimately reserves final authority for the people themselves. Texas
must stop the over reaching federal government and nullify federal mandates in
agriculture, energy, education, healthcare, industry, and any other areas D.C. is
not granted authority by Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
Early in our history, many argued against forming a union fearing that the federal
government would gain too much power over the state. Thomas Jefferson reassured the
states that that could never happen. The states, he said, being sovereign and
independent, have the “unquestionable right to judge of the infraction.”
It is our right as a state. It is our duty as a state to recognize when Washington
D.C. is stepping outside its constitutional bounds. Jefferson further commented that
nullification by the states of all unauthorized acts is the rightful remedy.
http://www.nullifynow.com/2010/08/restore-sovereignty/
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“where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the
act is the rightful remedy: that every State has a natural right in cases not within
the compact, (casus non foederis,) to nullify of their own authority all assumptions
of power by others within their limits”
–Thomas Jefferson
