FAQ
What is interposition?
06/11/2010 -
Interposition is the concept of that “magistrate” which is closer to the people “positions” himself between the people and the unruly magistrate which is further away from the people (i.e. a county sheriff prevents a state or federal authority from arresting a citizen).
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What is a specific historical example of interposition?
06/11/2010 -
The colonial legislatures of the 1770s invoked the doctrine of interposition when they continued to meet after being disbanded by various Royal Governors. Those "lesser magistrates" positioned themselves between the people and the Crown in order to secure the rights and liberty of English freemen.
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What is nullification?
03/25/2010 -
Nullification is the action of an individual state legislature declaring a federal law as invalid and not applying to that state.
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Is nullification a political reality or only theory?
03/25/2010 -
Nullification is currently a reality. Several states, including Tennessee, have passed laws nullifying the regulatory authority of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives over firearms and ammunition manufactured and sold exclusively within the boundaries of the State of Tennessee.
Other nullification legislation is currently being considered regarding federally mandated health care.
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What is secession?
03/24/2010 -
Secession is the action of a state in removing itself from the union know as the "United States" and thus becoming an independent nation.
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Has Tennessee seceded in the past?
03/24/2010 -
Yes. Tennessee was an independent nation for forty-three days in 1861 – the period between our secession from the United States and our admission into the Confederate States of America.
The Ordinance of Secession ratified by the citizens of Tennessee on 8 June 1861, reads in part,
We, the people of the State of Tennessee, waiving any expression of opinion as to the abstract doctrine of secession, but asserting the right, as a free and independent people, to alter, reform, or abolish our form of government in such manner as we think proper, do ordain and declare that all the laws and ordinances by which the State of Tennessee became a member of the Federal Union of the United States of America are hereby abrogated and annulled,… and do hereby henceforth become a free, sovereign, and independent State.
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