According to "Tea Party shows signs of running out of steam" Wednesday, angry and stubborn Texas Tea Partiers want to nullify the Affordable Care Act and other federal laws they find objectionable.
Nullification was declared unconstitutional in 1816 in the case of Martin v. Hunter's Lessee.They, Gov. Perry and the Legislature can forget about attempting the interposition strategy. That assertion of state power was declared unconstitutional in 1819 by the ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland.It's mighty strange that all these folks who so loudly trumpet their concern for following the Constitution apparently don't know a doggone thing about it. They only seem to know the Second Amendment.They should read Article I: Section 8; Clause 18 ("The Elastic Clause") and Article VI: Section 2 ("The National Supremacy Clause"). Then they should kiss their theory of states' rights goodbye. It's deader than a beaver hat!-- Paul R. Schattman, ArlingtonHave more to add? News tip? Tell us
