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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 1048 A Moral Case for Resisting the Federal Government

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

I've long been associated with the cause of nullification of unconstitutional federal laws, having written a book on it. Here I discuss various arguments -- historical, constitutional, and moral -- in favor, with special emphasis toward the end on the moral argument. Thanks to the Tenth Amendment Center for sponsoring this event.

Show notes for Ep. 1048

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0:00.0

The Tom Woods Show, episode 148.

0:03.4

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0:08.2

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0:14.4

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0:22.3

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0:33.0

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0:41.2

Hey, everybody, Tom Woods here. I am getting close to the day when I'm going to be moving yet again,

0:45.4

but just down the street. The house I've been telling you about here and there is finally built.

0:51.1

They're just putting the finishing touches on it. So it's a matter of getting our

0:55.0

stuff over there and putting it in there. So today is kind of a logistically challenging day. So what I'm

1:02.1

doing is sharing a talk with you that you have almost certainly never heard before. This is from all

1:06.5

the way back in 2011, and it's on the topic of state nullification of unconstitutional federal laws,

1:13.2

which I have some association with because I wrote a book called nullification on this

1:17.6

precise topic, on the history of it and the constitutional and moral and strategic arguments

1:25.9

for doing it.

1:27.3

This particular talk was given in the Harriet

1:31.4

Tubman Theater of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. What an

1:37.3

interesting venue for the Tenth Amendment Center to have chosen for this event. So anyway,

1:42.9

that's what you're going to hear. And some of these topics and

1:46.2

turns of phrase will be familiar to you if all you do is listen to Tom Woods videos all day long.

1:52.1

But this was an audience that was partly unfamiliar with me, so I wanted to give them the whole

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