Secession and Nullification — News & Information

This article by Bill Miller on SecessionUniversity.com. Throughout history, whenever secession has succeeded, it has served to enhance liberty and freedom. Secession is by far the most effective remedy for governments that have grown too powerful, exceeded their constitutional authority, and worked against the will of the people. Secession is the antidote for staving off anarchy and counteracting despotism. Full article

This article by Russell D. Longcore on DumpDC.com. Seems to me that a COFA [Compact of Free Association] of states, as few as two and as many as desired, could work well if Federalism, Statism, Nationalism and Socialism were abandoned as political philosophies that have been proven to be devastating to mankind and mankind’s individual liberties. Full article

This article by Bill Miller on SecessionUniversity.com. The Constitution, by its very design and structure, did not limit what a State could do unless such acts were specifically defined in the Compact as either exclusively delegated to the federal government or specifically forbidden to the States. All other such powers and authority, unlimited in scope, were left entirely to the individual sovereign States to exercise as they saw fit. Proof certain that the States, then as well as now, have legal status and sovereign authority outside the confines of the Union. Full article

This video by CampaignForLiberty.com. This interview by Kevin Brett with Judge Andrew Napolitano covers nullification, secession, the current political climate, Ron Paul’s influence, and more. View Video (10 minutes)

This article on ConsciousBehavior.com. However, whether secession is constitutional or unconstitutional does not really matter, which is likely one of the reasons why the framers of the Constitution did not address the topic in the governing document. If a government fulfills its stated purpose and does not abuse its powers, there would be no pressing need for a state to secede. However, a government that abuses its powers and does not fulfill its stated purpose would likely not observe the right of a state to secede, even if it was included in the Constitution. Hence, inclusion of a right to secede would have been superfluous. Full article

This article by Russell D. Longcore on DumpDC.com. The US Constitution did not create a new nation, as there is not one word in the Constitution that names the “United States” as a separate legal entity from the sovereign states. The states created a management company of sorts, much like a group of property owners would do. They gave the management company strictly limited powers, but did not sign over the deeds to their property, so to speak. The states meant to remain the principals, and have their Washington management company handle various duties under the careful watch of the states. … This rogue government cannot be fixed, and it cannot be controlled by the states. The only solution for liberty is to leave. Full article

This article by Bill Miller on SecessionUniversity.com. Lincoln reasoned the Constitution was a contract, and as such, required all States who were party to the contract to agree should one State want to withdraw. There are several reasons why Lincoln’s argument is specious, beginning with the basics of contract law whereby, absent any terms and conditions addressing the withdrawal of a party, it’s a “contract at will” and can be ended by any party with reasonable notice—and without cause. Full article

This article by Brent DeBord on 13RadicalChanges.wordpress.com. One of the ideas I’ve been playing with for a long time is that of creating a third level of government between the State and the Federal level – a Provincial level. The States are many times too small, but the Federal Government is many times too big. Full article

This article by Russell D. Longcore on DumpDC.com. In my opinion, waving the flag, reciting the Pledge and singing the National Anthem is tantamount to State worship. We say with our actions that all our human life is subservient to the State. If you must fly a flag, fly the flag of the state in which you live. Secession-minded patriots understand that their liberty will be found in sovereign statehood, not American nationalism. Full article

This article by Mark Vogl on NolanChart.com. Secession is the ultimate right of the governed, and when available as a political choice, a real restraint on both the power of the central government and on the impulses of political majority. It protects the minority by recognizing an ever present escape mechanism should one or more states determine that the policies being adopted and imposed by the central government are contrary to the welfare of their citizens. Full article

This article by Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D. on NewsWithViews.com. It is not enough for Mr. Baldwin to argue that “were it accepted that the US Constitution was in fact a federal compact created by the assent of sovereign states, then the resulting conclusion would confirm that those states have the right to secede from the compact thus formed, as expressed by the expounders of the Law of Nations”. Full article

This article by Bill Miller on SecessionUniversity.com. In 1863, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address refuted his own argument that the Articles of Association created a new nation in 1774. This most famous of all speeches stated, “Four score and seven years ago [1776] our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation.” While he was certainly wrong in stating that, the Declaration of Independence created a new nation—it actually created thirteen new nations—he had apparently abandoned his earlier proposition that 1774 was the date when this mythical new nation was born. Full article

This article by Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D. on NewsWithViews.com. But one can admit this theory for the purposes of argument without thereby agreeing that “a state’s very survival and freedom’s perpetuation is best accomplished through secession from the existing union”, either always or at the present time. Depending on circumstances, “a state’s very survival and freedom’s perpetuation” could be most threatened “through secession”. This proved to be the case for the Southern States in the 1860s, and could just as well be the case today. Full article

This article by Russell D. Longcore on DumpDC.com. My message is for those looking very seriously at state secession as the only true choice for liberty on the North American continent. You must be 100% committed to sound money and the prohibition of fractional reserve banking if you have the slightest hope of success. Limited government cannot exist without sound money, and the existence of sound money must remain within the free market for its viability. Full article

This article by Donald W. Livingston on DumpDC.com That public corporation known as the United States has simply grown too large for the purposes of self-government, in the same way that a committee of 300 people would be too large for the purposes of a committee. There needs to be a public debate on the out-of-scale character of the regime and what can be done about it. This is the historic and noble task of the Second Vermont Republic. The long suppressed American idea of secession, as a public policy option, is returning to the United States as it came to the Soviet Union, Canada, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and other monsters created by a more than three-century-old policy of crushing hundreds of smaller polities into larger and larger monopolies of coercion. Full article

This article by Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D. on NewsWithViews.com I agree with Mr. Baldwin that, in some situations, “the individual state’s right to resist federal tyranny is not conditioned upon the approval of three fourths of the states or federal supreme court”—because, of course, in some situations, the “three fourths of the states” or the “supreme court” could themselves be part and parcel of the tyrannous regime. And no one requires permission from a tyrant or his minions in order to resist his tyranny. Full article

This article by Russell D. Longcore on DumpDC.com So, when you place your hand over your heart and mindlessly recite the Pledge of Allegiance, you are pledging your fealty to a nation that does not exist, and an authoritarian Federal Government that has completely ignored the Constitution and rules in any manner it chooses, without regard to any restrictions on its power whatsoever. Your pledge of allegiance says that you belong to the tyrants and criminals who stole the United States of America. They don’t even have to threaten YOU…you’re voluntarily their property. Full article

An audio interview on  SLMnews.blogspot.com Kirkpatrick Sale, director of the Middlebury Institute, discusses a number of secession related topics. Full interview (about 35 minutes)

This article by Tom Baugh on DumpDC.com [W]e need to convene in our various States, not to amend the Constitution, but to prepare our slates of future local and state office holders. The Constitution is fine; the problem there is that no one pays attention to it any more. No, our problem is in our local communities and our states; our problems surround us. Full article

This article by SD on Portland.indymedia.org My proposal is to work towards changing the reality on the ground for New Englanders. We need to make ourselves less dependent upon external trade via the United States. We need to elevate New England identity over American identity. We need to build relationships with our future trading partners such that our success as an independent nation state translates into their success as well (thus creating allies that will oppose rash American steps to put down secession). Full article

This article by Bill Miller on SecessionUniversity.com If Lincoln was right, and  governments were meant to be never-ending, then it logically follows that our current Union is illegitimate, and we must revert to the “perpetual” Articles of Confederation. At least the Articles provided for a much smaller and weaker federal government that was subservient to stronger and more independent States—perhaps that wouldn’t be so bad after all. Full article

This article by Timothy N. Baldwin, JD. 0n NewsWithViews.com Secession is about self-preservation, self-defense, perpetuating the principles of freedom held sacred by the overwhelming majority of our founding generation and forefathers before. As a citizen of your state, it is your duty to yourself, to your posterity and to God to study this matter, to become familiar with the issues, facts and philosophy relevant thereto and to take a stand one way or the other. At the end of the day, freedom is protected not by the U.S. Supreme Court, Congress, the President or even three-fourths of the states. It is protected by each individual passionate about these immutable laws of God, which have formed the principles of our country from its inception. Full article