The WND article posits,"The questions no longer are rhetorical but
a real option as eight states consider a blanket nullification of the
Obamacare nationalization of health-care decision-making advances in
their legislatures."
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"Thomas
Jefferson advised, 'Whensoever the general government assumes
undelegated powers ... a nullification of the act is the rightful
remedy,'" states the Tenth Amendment Center, which advocates a return
to the constitutionally delegated powers for the federal government.
"When states pass laws to reject and nullify unconstitutional federal
'laws,' regulations and mandates – it's not rebellion ... it's duty,"
the organization states.
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Let's suppose that we're lucky, and the states are plucky enough to
move on this. The next step would most likely be a decision by
the Supreme Court on the legality of nullification. I'm not at
all sure how this court would rule, but what if it sided with
Obamunists? That's where Andrew Jackson's supposed response to
John Marshall comes in.
“John Marshall has made his decision; let
him enforce it now if he can.”
There is some
question over whether President Andrew Jackson uttered
that threat, but an awful lot of time has been spent by lawyers and
constitutionalists arguing its merits. We know that Marshall did
nothing in response. We shan't know here unless this
argument is invoked re: Obamacare. And then it hinges on whether
the states hold their ground; no certain thing. But if they do, I
can't see them losing. I can't see the Federals sending in
troops. It would be good for the nation to find out whether the
concept of federalism is dead, or not. It would be good if a whole mess
of constitutionally questionable laws were nullified. Then we
could vote with our feet again.
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