Historical amnesia is as dangerously disorienting for a nation as for an individual. So it is with the current wave of enthusiasm for “states’ rights,” “interposition,” and “nullification”—the claim ...
In mid-April, Kansas passed a law asserting that federal gun regulations do not apply to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons ...
It supports state rights but only when they suit its agenda. Kentucky and Virginia sparked a constitutional crisis in 1798 when they insisted that states have the right to nullify federal laws they ...
The Doctrine of Nullification is the assertion that any state government which doesn’t like a federal law is free to violate it. It began with tariff disputes and formed the central legal argument the ...
In the aftermath of Donald Trump's unexpected victory in the presidential election, secession movements quickly arose in the liberal states of California and Oregon. Similar secessionist sentiment ...
In mid-April, Kansas passed a law asserting that federal gun regulations do not apply to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons ...
to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons in-state without a federal license or any federal oversight. , these bills assert that ...
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