Jealously Guard Your Liberty
Confidence in politicians and government people will always lead to a loss of liberty.
The post Jealously Guard Your Liberty first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.Rewriting Nullification History, With the Truth
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about a recently published academic paper that obliterates conventional thinking about nullification and interposition. In 1798, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison penned the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. These documents, approved by the Kentucky and Virginia state legislatures,…
Blockbuster Paper Sheds New Light on Nullification and Response to Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
A blockbuster scholarly article published in the Winter 2015 edition of Journal of the Early Republic shines new light on the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798, debunking conventional wisdom holding that every state rejected Thomas Jefferson and James Madison’s principles of nullification and interposition. Dr. Kevin Gutzman recently appeared on Mike Church’s show to…
On Courts and Constitutionality in the Kentucky Resolution of 1798
One of the most common complaints of constitutionalists against the conduct of our federal government is that the judiciary at all levels routinely oversteps its boundaries, intruding into those areas that are beyond its constitutional reach. Though this is largely accepted by most Americans because of its long practice, this does not mean that what…