“…Voters in Missouri helped bring the Jeffersonian principle of Nullification one step closer to the mainstream by approving Proposition C – the Health Care Freedom Act.” (more…)

“Arizona declares weapons exempt from national firearms paperwork.” (more…)

“Washington is out of control. It does as it likes, without restraint. … We have no influence over them, no way of resisting. Except, perhaps, to ignore them. …

“The feds do not have the manpower to enforce federal laws within California without the help of the police of California. What happens if a state passes a law saying that its citizens cannot be forced to buy health insurance? What can Washington do? It can persecute individuals, but a state, or thirty states, are another thing. The FBI can arrest any one person, but it cannot arrest Wyoming. …

“At bottom, Washington’s power is economic.” (more…)

Sarah Palin could have even more impact if she used this strategy than she could if she were president. (more…)

“…[C]onservative and libertarian voters want to feel that they have done something important when they vote for “their man” in The Big One. They still believe in the modern conception of the Presidency. They have emotionally accepted the legitimacy of centralized political power. They have not only abandoned the Articles of Confederation; they have abandoned Madison, Jefferson, and John Quincy Adams, who ran for Congress and won after he lost the Presidency in the election of 1828.

“People want to play in the World Series without learning the game in the minors. …

“What matters is the red section of the country in the map of the counties: the heartland. These are the counties that voted for George W. Bush. There are over 3,000 counties in the United States. There are over 100,000 offices to get elected to, if you count school boards. This is the playing field that matters, not the Presidency.” (more…)

“An anonymous Jefferson (who was vice president at the time) penned what became known as the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, which spelled out the objectionable aspects of the Alien and Sedition Acts as well as the states’ rightful response: nullification. Madison penned similar resolutions that were approved by the Virginia legislature. Although Virginia and Kentucky found little support in other states for these ideas in 1798, with the passage of time all sections of the country would appeal at one time or another to what became known as the ‘Principles of ’98.’

“You may have noticed that these ideas are rather out of fashion today on both left and right. Watkins, however, identifies these ideas as absolutely fundamental to American liberty and as legitimate means, faithful to the spirit of the Constitution, of preventing the expansion of the federal government.” (more…)

“In response to what some opponents see as a Congress that doesn’t represent their interests, State Legislators are looking to the nearly forgotten American political tradition of nullification as a way to reject any potential national health care program that may be coming from Washington.” (more…)

“First you need to ask, ‘Does the constitution matter to you?’ If you answered yes, you may ask, ‘but what can I do?’ Here is an idea for you. Nullification. The idea originally came from Hamilton in the Federalist #28.

“Being frustrated and angry is one thing, but to recognise that you have the power and ability to fix it yourself is another.” (more…)

“…If you think marching on D.C. or calling your Representatives, or threating to ‘throw the bums out’ in 2010 or 2012 or 20-whatever, is going to further the cause of the Constitution and your liberty – you might as well get your shackles on now. Your last chance has come and gone. …

“The real way to resist DC is not by begging politicians and judges in Washington to allow us to exercise our rights…it’s to exercise our rights whether they want to give us ‘permission’ to or not.

“Nullification – state-level resistance to unconstitutional federal laws – is the way forward.” (more…)

“We are seeing the beginning of a social revolution. This revolution will spread to politics. It is happening under our noses.” (more…)