Interview: Constitutional Decentralization as a Path to Liberty

Centralization of power in Washington D.C. is the biggest threat to our liberty. On the other hand constitutional decentralization is way out. I appeared as a guest on the Gold Standard with Alan Mosley. We talked generally about the principles of nullification and more specifically how we put the idea into practical effect at the…

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Tenther Tuesday Episode 31: States Pushing Back Against Ever Expanding Federal Behemoth

Today is the 432nd day that the GOP has failed to repeal Obamacare. Last week, Pres. Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill. In light of this GOP spending insanity, we can’t help point out that it doesn’t matter if Democrats or Republicans control Washington D.C. No matter what, we’re going to see trillions…

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Podcast: Jeff Sessions Sounds Just Like Rachel Maddow on Nullification

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions doesn’t like nullification. He attacked the principles in recent statements about California’s sanctuary state policies. In doing so, he sounded just like Rachel Maddow. In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about it. I compare the ideas of Maddow and Sessions (there’s not much to contrast) and explain how…

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Interview: Taking on Jeff Sessions on Nullification

Last week, I was a guest of Jeff Deist on the Mises Weekend podcast: Attorney General Jeff Sessions was at it again last week, insisting that the supremacy of federal law is “settled”—which is his way of saying nullification and secession are illegal. But Sessions is hardly alone in his thinking, which would be right…

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“But nullification isn’t listed in the Constitution!”

TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and read the full transcript here. Every once in awhile, someone tells us, “The Constitution doesn’t say anything about nullification. That means states simply can’t do it.” But they’ve got things totally backwards. FOLLOW TAC: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TenthAmendmentCenter RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest Twitter: http://twitter.com/tenthamendment Facebook:…

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Four Steps Toward Following Jefferson and Madison Today

From the beginning of our history, there have been many people such as Nathaniel Bacon, Tomas Jefferson, James Madison, President John Tyler, John Calhoun, John Taylor of Caroline and the Richmond junto who have championed the idea of nullification. Today, we look back through time and wonder how we can follow in the footsteps of…

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