States and individuals can stop the new pistol brace rule - without waiting for the federal government to magically do something it almost never does - limit its own power. It’s going to take hard work – and good strategy. The latter, we’ve got from the “father of the Constitution” – who gave us a four-step blueprint.
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States and individuals can stop a CBDC. It’s going to take hard work - and good strategy. The latter, we’ve got from the “father of the Constitution” - who gave us a four-step blueprint to stop federal programs without relying on the federal government to magically limit its own power.
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From a four-step plan to undermine and defeat federal programs in 1788, to a duty to interpose in 1798 - and nullification as a natural right in 1834 - James Madison saw the states and people as essential checks on federal power.
The post Stop the Feds: James Madison-Style first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Feature or flaw, states are not required to help enforce federal acts. Opting out of them is a powerful strategy to bring them to an end.
In a paper known as Federalist #46, James Madison told us exactly what to do. He provided a blueprint of sorts - a series of actions to effectively stop the feds.
To stop the feds, people generally try three things. “Vote the bums out,” sue in federal court, or demand Congress repeal the law they passed in the first place. But if you want to succeed, you should do something else.
TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and read the full transcript at this link. Even though the Supreme Court often gets things wrong on the Constitution, the Prigg case has not only stood the test of time, it has helped cement James Madison’s advice that states and individuals should…
Shouldn't states nullify federal actions that infringe on your natural rights simply based on the words of the Constitution?
In Federalist #46, James Madison gave us the blueprint for how to reject federal programs. And, whether he knows it or not, incoming Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is putting at least one of Madison’s 4 steps into practice against the EPA. On the Glenn Beck show this morning, said he will push back against the…