Thomas E Woods - Principles of 98

Thomas Woods discusses the neglected principles of liberty enunciated by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1798. Over time, these principles have been plowed under by a relentlessly power-seeking federal government. http://www.LibertyPen.com

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[truthadvocate]

Long live the legacies of Jefferson and Madison! Our streets are named after these men, yet their essential writings have been forgotten. It's time to refresh America's memory!

[Auggie56]

I see a resurgence of punishment, for saying anything against the president. Ask Joe The Plumber.

[sniped101]

I didn't learn this in highschool... I didn't know we actually had this power. Thank god for the founding fathers.

[tewj57]

@Wizjkahna Legal authorities have repeatedly said that Art 3 Sec 2 excludes "political questions."

[tewj57]

@Wizjkahna Another falsification. No one is talking about "unpopular" laws. It is _unconstitutional_ laws. And I'll tell you what's not reasonable: giving the federal government a monopoly on deciding whether it's obeying the rules or not. Thomas Jefferson would be ashamed of you, man.

[tewj57]

@Wizjkahna So it's not "chaos" to have a federal gov't that does whatever it wants?

[tewj57]

@Wizjkahna Misleading to the point of lying. The state ratifying conventions were assured that the principles of the 10th Amendment were already implicit in the unamended Constitution. For you to pretend that they were some post-constitutional afterthought shows a profound ignorance of what actually occurred, and the assurances given to the people of the states.

[JanaMurray67]

Nullify #HCR, Spread the word! Each state must do it's part!

[MillionthUsername]

Constitutions are useless. Gov't is a monopoly. It's going to do what it wants, what it can get away with, what it can lie about and change the meaning of.

The very idea that a few people could draw up a "contract" (And it isn't a contract either. Nobody knows what the hell it is.) which is binding upon ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS is just absurd.

What if they had been communists? We'd be bound to it because it's "the constitution"?

The only way to deal with the abuses of power is disobedience.

[Wizjkahna]

I think they were well aware of Article 3, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. But conveniently ignored it when crafting their ill-fated nullification argument.

[LibertyWins2012]

So you're saying you think Thomas Jefferson was unaware of Article 3, Section 2? As well as John Taylor, St. George Tucker, Abel Upshur, James Madison, et al.? Or might the question be slightly more involved?

The Supreme Court itself has original jurisdiction in a handful of areas; what are you trying to prove with that?

[indyattic]

Freedom lovers are sexy!