Matthew Spalding is the Kirby professor in constitutional government and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College and oversees the Allan P. Kirby Jr. Center for ...

A number of states, including Missouri, Kansas, and Alaska either have passed or are considering state laws intended to invalidate federal statutes, most notably, federal gun laws. Many have modeled ...

The weeks surrounding Independence Day are always a good time to assess the American experiment in liberty. For all of our successes, there remains a lot of discontent across the political spectrum.

A discussion on the Constitution and the idea of nullification will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Westminster Senior and Community Center. The Rev. David Whitney, the senior instructor for ...

Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! In the 19th century, it was tariffs and slavery that eventually triggered a Civil War ...

Georgetown law professor Randy Barnett has a fascinating post examining the constitutional arguments for and against state nullification of federal law, inspired by his recent appearance on Judge ...

Last week, this column addressed state nullification and secession under the U.S. Constitution. It argued, in effect, that when the government fails to protect fundamental liberties or actively ...

For those joining the conversation mid-stream, this is the third in a series of posts introducing some themes of “The Constitution: An Introduction,” my new book co-authored with my son, Luke Paulsen.

An Aug. 16 letter to the editor laments that America's religious freedoms contained in the First Amendment to the Constitution are under attack by federal judges who are attempting to remove ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the controversy over the effort in ...