Posts in "nullification"

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By Jeremy Davis at 11:35AM

Nullification: The Movie

Check out the first trailer for the upcoming documentary film about nullification from The Foundation for a Free Society and the Tenth Amendment Center featuring Tom Woods!

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By Joshua Parrish at 11:14AM

Jury Veto Power Comes to UCF

In response to a recent assault on the first amendment in Orange County Florida, the UCF chapter of Young Americans for Liberty invited James Cox, the Florida state coordinator for the Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA), to discuss the importance of Jury Nullification.

Cox passed out jury rights brochures to the students and explained the role that jurors can play in advancing liberty(see video below).

Several members of the UCF Chapter of YAL have been taking an active role in informing jurors of their rights.  Jury Nullification is a tool that can effectively combat tyranny on the local, state, and national level.  In a time where escalating government abuse threatens the life, liberty and property of the individual, it is essential to throw figurative wrenches in the gears of the state.

For further reading, here's Ron Paul on Jury Nullification.

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By Mikayla Hall at 1:23PM
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By Joshua Parrish at 12:15AM

Tyranny is over...if you want it.

Tyranny

Perhaps the time has come to seek out other means of dissent. While the voting box is still part of our arsenal, there is no silver bullet to stopping tyranny. We must take a multi-faceted approach if we wish to have success in our ongoing campaign for liberty.  If you choose to fight within the system, I suggest you adopt the attitude that Washington D.C. is irrelevant and reclaim your state governments. You must pursue nullification and have your state act as a watch dog for federal usurpation of power.  The influence you have over state representatives is staggering compared to that of the federal level.

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By Sam Spaiser at 10:35AM

Indianapolis Nullification Rally Video 10-16-2010

Young Americans for Liberty and Campaign for Liberty represented at the Nullification Rally in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 16, 2010. I made an announcement about Ron Paul coming to IU-Bloomington at 4:25 in the video.

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By Bonnie Kristian at 3:03PM

Nullify Now

Ft. Worth, TX: Nullify Now with Woods, Medina, Brogdon & More - Saturday 9/4

Reserve your tickets now

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Tom Woods
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Debra Medina
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Randy Brogdon
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Charles Key

Already confirmed as speakers and/or panel participants: Ken Emmanuelson – Dallas Tea Party, Adrian Murray – Fort Worth 9-12, Thelma Taormina – We The People Are The 9-12 Association Inc., John Stacy – NotInTexas.org, Debbie McKee – Texas Campaign for Liberty, Angela Cox – Johnson County Tea Party, Michael Boldin, Founder – Tenth Amendment Center, Brian Roberts – Texas Tenth Amendment Center

Elected Officials and Candidates Attending or Participating: Representative Leo Berman (District 6), Representative Wayne Christian (District 9), Representative Phil King (District 61), Representative Sid Miller (District 59), Pastor Stephen Broden (For US House, TX-30), Kathie Glass (for Texas Governor)

Tickets here. Spread the word.

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Christopher Walken on Nullify Now:

Hat tip to the Daily Paul

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By Jeremy Davis at 6:40PM

That Government Is Worse Which Governs Most

The popular trend in American politics is for lawmakers to live under a “government is best which governs most” philosophy. It’s easy for the federal government to perpetuate the assumption of authority when it believes it can essentially do whatever it wants.

Just recently, California Congressman Pete Stark reminded us that occasionally a politician will reveal their true feelings and tell the truth when he admitted to his constituents that the federal government “can do most anything in this country.” Unfortunately, it’s this kind of mindset that plagues so many within government and has spearheaded the total evisceration of the federal Constitution and the limits it places on Washington.

Of course, we all know too well that this is not a partisan issue. Both Democrats and Republicans over the years have yielded nothing in terms of reserve and restraint in power. By the hand of these "Republicrats," we have seen the collapse of an economy, endless wars, and authoritarian laws domestically that restrict our freedom; and all of this was accomplished via means outside of the limits of the U.S. Constitution.


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By Kevin Brett at 5:09PM

Agent Woods: Establishment Insurgent

Gabe Sukenik of "Mainstream AlternaTiV" recently sat down with Tom Woods for an exclusive interview at the Iowa GOP State Convention.


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By Jeremy Davis at 4:07PM

Tom Woods' Book on Nullification out Today

Tom Woods' newest book, Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century, hits store shelves today. As perhaps the greatest check on federal authority reserved to the states, the concept of nullification and its importance in safeguarding the sovereignty of the individual states has become diminished over the last century and a half. In his new book, Woods lays out the case for nullification and seeks to educate any and all looking to challenge the power of the federal government and halt the continual erosion of state sovereignty.

Woods comments on his new book in his latest article at LewRockwell.com:

When he memorably laid out the case for nullification in the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, Thomas Jefferson argued that if the federal government were allowed to hold a monopoly on determining what its powers were, we would have no right to be surprised when it kept discovering new ones. I’ve elaborated on all this in previous articles.


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By Seth Mann at 9:29AM

Liberty's Secret Weapon: Nullification

Derek Sheriff has two great articles up on LewRockwell.com here and here on Nullification and the 10th Amendment.  Check them out.

Especially good is The Untold History of Nullification: Resisting Slavery.

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Here's what Thomas E. Woods has to say about nullification:

If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions’ authors (Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively), it will continue to grow – regardless of elections, the separation of powers, and other much-touted limits on government power.