Nullification is the rightful remedy

Nullification is the rightful remedy

Editor:

Nullification is the "rightful remedy" when federal laws are unconstitutional. Unconstitutional laws are null and void. Citizens of Montana who support nullification efforts in the legislature are responding to an overreaching federal government that has usurped state sovereignty.

With all due respect, Gov. Schweitzer should purchase a copy of Thomas E. Woods' book, "Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century." This book explains the concept of nullification, and it also clarifies how the federal government has exploited the general welfare clause, the commerce clause and the "necessary and proper" clause to expand the federal government. Those of us who support nullification efforts in the Legislature are serious students of the U. S. Constitution, and it is unbecoming of the governor to disparage us with his remarks.

The governor's comments on wolves and the Real ID Act lead us to believe that he speaks out of both sides of his mouth. If picking and choosing which bills to nullify is "anti-American" then his decision to reject the Real ID Act must also be "anti-American. " Perhaps he has forgotten his remarks on NPR in 2008 regarding the Real ID Act.

"Well, we are putting up with the federal government on so many fronts, and nearly every month they come out with another harebrained scheme, an unfunded mandate to tell us that our life is going to be better if we'll just buckle under on some other kind of rule or regulation. And we usually just play along for a while, we ignore them for as long as we can, and we try not to bring it to a head. But if it comes to a head, we found that it's best to just tell them to go to hell and run the state the way you want to run your state. "

We would remind Gov. Schweitzer that nine House Democrats voted in favor of House Bill 287 in 2007 to block the implementation of the Real ID Act.

The governor also labeled our concerns about unconstitutional federal laws as toxic. Then it would follow that his recent comments about wolves are also toxic.

Elections have consequences, as many on the left repeatedly told us after the 2008 election. Yes, they do. However, this time the tea party, largely responsible for the new Republican majorities, has spoken loudly and clearly. We want our state sovereignty restored as well as constitutionally limited government as our Founding Fathers intended.

Julie Wolf, Linda Johnson, Joanne White, Patty Arnone, NW Montana Patriots

Editor:

Nullification is the "rightful remedy" when federal laws are unconstitutional. Unconstitutional laws are null and void. Citizens of Montana who support nullification efforts in the legislature are responding to an overreaching federal government that has usurped state sovereignty.

With all due respect, Gov. Schweitzer should purchase a copy of Thomas E. Woods' book, "Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century." This book explains the concept of nullification, and it also clarifies how the federal government has exploited the general welfare clause, the commerce clause and the "necessary and proper" clause to expand the federal government. Those of us who support nullification efforts in the Legislature are serious students of the U. S. Constitution, and it is unbecoming of the governor to disparage us with his remarks.

The governor's comments on wolves and the Real ID Act lead us to believe that he speaks out of both sides of his mouth. If picking and choosing which bills to nullify is "anti-American" then his decision to reject the Real ID Act must also be "anti-American. " Perhaps he has forgotten his remarks on NPR in 2008 regarding the Real ID Act.

"Well, we are putting up with the federal government on so many fronts, and nearly every month they come out with another harebrained scheme, an unfunded mandate to tell us that our life is going to be better if we'll just buckle under on some other kind of rule or regulation. And we usually just play along for a while, we ignore them for as long as we can, and we try not to bring it to a head. But if it comes to a head, we found that it's best to just tell them to go to hell and run the state the way you want to run your state. "

We would remind Gov. Schweitzer that nine House Democrats voted in favor of House Bill 287 in 2007 to block the implementation of the Real ID Act.

The governor also labeled our concerns about unconstitutional federal laws as toxic. Then it would follow that his recent comments about wolves are also toxic.

Elections have consequences, as many on the left repeatedly told us after the 2008 election. Yes, they do. However, this time the tea party, largely responsible for the new Republican majorities, has spoken loudly and clearly. We want our state sovereignty restored as well as constitutionally limited government as our Founding Fathers intended.

Julie Wolf, Linda Johnson, Joanne White, Patty Arnone, NW Montana Patriots