by Tom DeWeese Is the battle to stop Sustainable Development grows, it is important that activists have clear definitions of their points as they deal with elected officials and planners who are making policy in their community. Below is a start in defining private property rights. In a “Fifth Amendment” treatise by Washington State Supreme…
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How can You Make Obamacare Nullification a Reality?
Nullification will succeed or fail based on our dedicated efforts to educate not only our fellow citizens about this concept but also our state offcials. Know your facts. Be respectful. Be firm. Some offcials may try to ignore us, hoping we’ll just go away. DON’T! Be persistent. If all else fails, mention that you won’t…
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Can Nullification Really Stop Obamacare?
In a word: YES! Each state is sovereign and has the authority to reject unconstitutional federal legislation and curb federal power run amok. Additionally, the more states that nullify, the harder it becomes for the federal government to overcome the combined resistance of the states. To date, at least eleven states have already passed measures…
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Can’t the Supreme Court Stop Nullification?
No, it can’t. Nullification supersedes the decisions of the Supreme Court. As parties to the compact that establishes our republic, the states are always the final arbiters of what does or does not violate that compact. In fact, Thomas Jefferson noted that if one is in a dispute with the federal government, calling on another…
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Wisconsin Led the Way
Wisconsin has a noble history of nullification. In 1852, a runaway slave named Joshua Glover settled in Racine. Having escaped the cruelties of bondage in Missouri, he sought to live in freedom in Wisconsin. Unfortunately, fugitive slave laws of the time permitted southern slave owners and bounty hunters to enter free states in the north…
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EPA Official Showers Love on Anti-Fossil Fuel Activists
By Paul Chesser As President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency continues to receive much-needed scrutiny as it conducts its reign of terror (“crucifying”) on fossil fuel industries, yet another renegade regional administrator has been shown in full alliance with environmental extremists in pursuit of regulations to kill oil and coal. Natural gas isn’t far down the…