Nullification (book)

Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century (2010) is a book by Thomas Woods defending the principle of nullification of federal laws by US states.

The book has influenced the Governor of Idaho and the state's legislature.

Table of Contents

Part 1: The Crisis Now

1. The Return of a Forbidden Idea
2. The Problem and the "Rightful Remedy"
3. American History and the Spirit of '98
4. What Is (or Are) the United States, Anyway?
5. Nullification Today

Part 2: Eleven Essential Documents

1. James Madison and the "Duty" to Interpose

   The Virginia Resolutions of 1798

2. Virginia Informs the People

   Address of the General Assembly to the People of the Commonwealth of Virginia

3. Unconstitutional Laws Are Void

   The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798

4. Nullification Is the "Rightful Remedy"

   The Kentucky Resolutions of 1799

5. The Federal Government Will Not Police Itself

   Virginia General Assembly Report of 1800

6. The States Are the Protecting Shield

   Speech of Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Opening of the Special Session of the Legislature

7. We Resist

   Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut

8. Federalist Cannot Last without Nullification

   Fort Hill Address

9. Nullification: Why the Critics Are All Wrong

   An Exposition of the Virginia Resolutions of 1798

10. Judges Are Human Beings, Not Gods

    A Review of the Proclamation of President Jackson

11. Nullification vs. Slavery

    Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin

• Acknowledgments
• Appendix
• Notes
• Index
• About the Author

Links

• Woods, Thomas (2010). Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century ISBN 978-1596981492
• Woods interview with Jeffrey Tucker
• Woods interview with a Zombie
• Woods on the response to the book