Some states are reviving disenfranchisement schemes that date back to the antebellum South. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional ...

Historical amnesia is as dangerously disorienting for a nation as for an individual. So it is with the current wave of enthusiasm for “states’ rights,” “interposition,” and “nullification”—the claim ...

In mid-April, Kansas passed a law asserting that federal gun regulations do not apply to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons ...

State lawmakers around the nation are increasingly attempting to defy federal control over firearms through so-called “nullification” laws, with more than 200 such bills introduced over the last ...

In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s unexpected victory in the presidential election, secession movements quickly arose in the liberal states of California and Oregon. Similar secessionist sentiment ...

The original article appears on WhoWhatWhy.org. As gun control advocates see more of their proposed policies become law, another group with a decidedly different aim is also gaining momentum. It’s a ...

Earlier this month, while defending the Department of Justice’s recent lawsuit against California, Attorney General Jeff Sessions accused the state of attempting to nullify federal immigration law. In ...

Wait: let me get this straight. It’s legally binding for two underlings in the civil rights divisions of the Departments of Education and Justice to send out a “Dear Colleague” letter declaring that, ...

This book is the outgrowth of an invitation by Mark Killenbeck to deliver a lecture at the University of Arkansas Law School in September 2013, which was published in theArkansas Law Reviewand is ...

In mid-April, Kansas passed a law asserting that federal gun regulations do not apply to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons ...

In mid-April, Kansas passed a law asserting that federal gun regulations do not apply to guns made and owned in Kansas. Under the law, Kansans could manufacture and sell semi-automatic weapons ...