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“Nullification” is the doctrine, articulated best by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (our two greatest Founding Fathers) which essentially holds that that the federal government is a creature of the states
Published: Friday, February 18th, 2022 @ 6:12 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in North Carolina’s high-profile partisan gerrymandering case offered an excellent lesson about the limits of judicial power. It’s a lesson that should come in handy soon for state judges.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 4:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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He may be a flawed individual, but he is the RIGHT kind of individual for government. He is an unashamed, unapologetic, and undetered interposer against federal tyranny.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2018 @ 3:29 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Each unconstitutional act usurps the powers delegated or reserved to the People and the States. Nature's Law supersedes man's law. Every failure to resist the tyranny posed by an unconstitutional act tightens the noose around freedom's neck.
Published: Friday, January 26th, 2018 @ 10:49 am
By: Diane Rufino
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This week, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-introduced the Separation of Powers Restoration Act (SOPRA), legislation that would restore accountability to the regulatory process and ensure proper judicial review, empowering the courts-not agencies-to interpret all questions of law, including both statut
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2017 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Despite the 4th Circuit decision striking down the NC Voter ID law, there are options that our Governor, Pat McCrory, and our state legislature can take to provide reasonable and common-sense measures at polling places next month.
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 5:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The United States has grown far too large to still be considered a "republican form of government" as guaranteed under Article IV. The question is this: How do we get this form of self-government back?
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Diane Rufino proposes a solution to the Social Security problem, by asking Congress to legislatively define SS as a property right
Published: Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 @ 1:34 am
By: Diane Rufino
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An amendment to replace the States' influence in the federal government since the 17th Amendment was adopted.
Published: Sunday, July 26th, 2015 @ 6:14 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Thomas Jefferson wondered how the country would respond in the case its government passed a law that was clearly unconstitutional.
Published: Friday, July 24th, 2015 @ 5:11 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Results from the 2014 U.S. History, Geography, and Civics at Grade 8 tests were released this week.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 @ 2:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a project of the U.S. Department of Education, administers U.S. history, geography, and civics assessments once every four years. In 2014, a representative sample of over 29,000 eighth-grade students from across the nation took one of the...
Published: Wednesday, April 29th, 2015 @ 6:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although born in Scotland in 1733, Samuel Johnston lived in North Carolina from infancy. Historians have described the native Scot as a "prominent voice for the Patriot cause" who possessed "Revolutionary zeal." Even so, many North Carolinians today are unaware of his illustrious political and legal
Published: Saturday, February 1st, 2014 @ 1:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mark Levin, who wrote an excellent book "The Liberty Amendments" to urge states to call for an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments to restore the federal government back to some sort of constitutional limits, calls Nullifiers "kooks."
Published: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 @ 11:58 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Nullification is the theory that says that actions of the federal government that are passed, imposed, or exercised in excess or abuse of the express authority granted in the Constitution are not enforceable.
Published: Sunday, July 28th, 2013 @ 8:52 am
By: Diane Rufino
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On January 16, 2013, President Obama signed 23 Executive Orders which he claimed are aimed at reducing gun violence.
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2013 @ 12:07 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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It is easy to see how our Founder's were influenced by John Locke when designing our government and drafting our founding documents.
Published: Sunday, November 18th, 2012 @ 1:44 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The US republic is unique. Government can pass no law or take no action unless the authority for such law or action is specifically granted in the Constitution.
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2012 @ 12:51 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The NC Institute for Constitutional Law (NCICL) recently published an article about nullification, asserting that it not a legitimate constitutional remedy.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 4:41 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Lumberton officials are using an unprecedented taxation defense in an Internet sweepstakes lawsuit before the state Supreme Court that features constitutional separation of powers issues and arcane legal protections dating from the Great Depression.
Published: Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 @ 11:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jefferson believed it was up to the States, the parties who drafted and ratified the Constitution and thus created the federal government to stand up to the government when it exceeds constitutional bounds.
Published: Monday, July 16th, 2012 @ 6:05 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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It is a good thing the doctrines of nullification and interposition are being revived. Perhaps it's the urgency of the constitutional crisis we face that has made the doctrines so appealing and sensible.
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2012 @ 5:08 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Our Founders made sure they provided for the proper avenues to counter a government that evinces such a design and even provided for the right to abolish that government.
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 @ 10:08 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Years ago, and indeed, the whole of history, will show that marriage has always been intended to bind a man and woman together in a special union for the purpose of procreating and raising children.
Published: Monday, April 30th, 2012 @ 9:14 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I wanted to touch on something, as you already probably know, that had me really upset over Thanksgiving. And that was Obama's failure to acknowledge and thank God in his Thanksgiving message to the nation.
Published: Friday, December 30th, 2011 @ 11:21 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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What does the word "Secession" mean?
Published: Saturday, September 10th, 2011 @ 10:26 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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How do you know 'judicial activism' when you see it? Black's Law Dictionary defines judicial activism as a "philosophy of judicial decision-making whereby judges allow their personal views about public policy, among other factors, to guide their decisions."
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2011 @ 9:16 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Scholars view the Constitution from 2 viewpoints: Some see the Constitution as an unchanging document; and others see the Constitution as a "Living Document."
Published: Thursday, September 16th, 2010 @ 4:36 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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