Tag Archives: Thomas Jefferson

Limit Federal Spending through Nullification and State Escrow Accounts

Posted on August 25, 2013 by forloveofgodandcountry

by Diane Rufino The government has no legitimate powers that were not initially granted to it under the Constitution. There is no provision anywhere, nor is there any implied right under the Declaration of Independence or … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 10th Amendment, Article I Section 8, Bill of Rights, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, federal budget, federal spending, fiscal crisis, Founding Fathers, interposition, limited government, nullification, preamble, sovereignty, spend, state escrow account, state sovereignty, states rights, tax, tax and spend, taxing power, Tenth Amendment, Thomas Jefferson, unconstitutional | 1 Comment

What it Means to be Sovereign

Posted on July 30, 2013 by forloveofgodandcountry

by Diane Rufino Government in the United States includes the understanding of three terms: Self-government, sovereignty, and social compact. Sovereignty is the inherent and independent right to do all that is necessary to govern oneself. In the United States, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged compact theory, Constitution, Cooper v. Aaron, Declaration of Independence, God's law, government, inalienable rights, individual sovereignty, Justice Scalia, Liberty, Natural Law, natural rights, nullification, nullify, Salmon Chase, secession, self-government, social compact, sovereign, sovereigny, Supreme Court, Texas v. White, Thomas Jefferson, tyranny | 2 Comments

NULLIFICATION: The Truths and the Fallacies

Posted on July 27, 2013 by forloveofgodandcountry

by Diane Rufino PART I: Nullification is the Rightful Remedy to Limit the Federal Government to its Constitutional Objects Nullification is the theory that says that actions of the federal government that are passed, imposed, or exercised in excess or … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 10th Amendment, 1788, 1832, Ableman v. Booth, Alexander Hamilton, Arkansas, Civil War, compact theory, Constitution, Cooper v. Aaron, Declaration of Independence, Dred Scott, dual sovereigns, dual sovereignty, Federalism, Federalist No. 26, Federalist No. 33, Federalist No. 39, Federalist No. 45, Federalist No. 78, Federalist Papers, Fugitive Slave Law, government, I Have a Dream, In re Booth, interposition, James Madison, Jefferson Davis, John C. Calhoun, Joshua Glover, June 5, Kentucky Resolutions, Little Rock, Martin Luther King, nullification, nullification crisis, nullify, Ordinance of Nullification, Patrick Henry, rightful remedy, Rights of Man, Samuel Adams, Sons of Liberty, South Carolina, state sovereignty, states rights, Supremacy Clause, tariff of 1828, tariff of abominations, Tenth Amendment, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, tyranny, Virginia Ratifying Convention, Virginia Resolutions, Wisconsin, Wisconsin supreme court | 3 Comments

Time for Another Tax Revolution: Abolish the Federal Income Tax and the IRS With It!

Posted on July 10, 2013 by forloveofgodandcountry

by Diane Rufino, July 3, 2013 The 16th Amendment states: “The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration.“ The … Continue reading →

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Nullification and A Few Good Men

Posted on June 23, 2013 by forloveofgodandcountry

by Diane Rufino, June 22, 2013 I am an attorney. I studied the law. I studied Constitutional Law. Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News Senior Analyst, was my Con Law professor and not only taught me … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1787, A Few Good Men, compact theory, Constitution, Constitutional Convention, dual sovereignty, Federalism, Jack Nicholson, James Madison, NC Tenth Amendment Center, nullification, nullify, Nullify Now, Raleigh, remedy, Senate, state veto, states rights, Supremacy Clause, Tenth Amendment, Thomas Jefferson, unconstitutional, veto | 4 Comments

Nullify Now! Coming to Raleigh, NC

Posted on May 27, 2013 by forloveofgodandcountry

by Diane Rufino The NC Tenth Amendment Center is organizing a Nullify Now! Rally in Raleigh this fall. Nullify Now! is a national tour, sponsored by the Tenth Amendment Center and Foundation for a Free Society, to … Continue reading →

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Self-Governing Individuals Are Necessary for a Self-Governing Society

Posted on April 14, 2013 by forloveofgodandcountry

by Diane Rufino Self-governing individuals are necessary to have a self-governing society. That is, only a moral and disciplined people are capable of being governed by a limited government. Those who are not need … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Bill of Rights, character, Christian, Christian heritage, Cicero, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Eisenhower, ethics, George Washington, God, James Madison, John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts Bay, Matrix of Liberty, Mayflower, McArthur, Morality, Nathan Hale, Natural Law, Philadelphia, Pilgrims, Plymouth, Puritans, Religion, Ronald Reagan, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, WInthrop | 13 Comments

The 221st Anniversary of the Bill of Rights Should Inspire States to Re-Assert Their Sovereignty

Posted on December 30, 2012 by forloveofgodandcountry

by Diane Rufino, December 30, 2012 December 15 was Bill of Rights Day. It marks the 221st anniversary of the day when the first ten amendments – our Bill of Rights – were ratified in 1791. The Bill of Rights … Continue reading →

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2016: Obama’s America or The People’s America?

Posted on November 10, 2012 by forloveofgodandcountry

by Diane Rufino, November 9, 2012 As Obama gets set to begin his second term (sob, sob, barf, barf), he’ll no longer have his predecessor (George Bush) to blame for the bad economy. He … Continue reading →

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On the Eve of the Most Important Election of Our Lifetime – Let’s Hope We Get It Right

Posted on November 6, 2012 by forloveofgodandcountry

by Diane Rufino, November 5, 2012 When a curious woman approached Benjamin Franklin as he was leaving the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September 1787 and asked him what kind of government the delegates had given the … Continue reading →

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