Sad to say, nullification is back in vogue as a legitimate policy position in the current Republican Party

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"nullification, in U.S. history, a doctrine expounded by the advocates of extreme states' rights. It held that states have the right to declare null and void any federal law that they deem unconstitutional. The doctrine was based on the theory that the Union is a voluntary compact of states and that the federal government has no right to exercise powers not specifically assigned to it by the U.S. Constitution. ..." --http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/nullification.html#ixzz2zaudTW00
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Nullification, The Bundy Ranch And Right-Wing Lawlessness
By Dave Johnson, April 18, 2014

Does the right get a free pass to ignore laws? Is armed intimidation the way we decide which laws should be followed? Is conservative media whipping up the conditions for another Oklahoma City bombing? These questions are popping up with more and more frequency in light of recent events.
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Nullification is a futile effort
Editorial by Springfield News-Leader, April 9, 2014

It’s like the movie “Groundhog Day.”

Last year, the Missouri General Assembly passed a bill that would have made it illegal in Missouri to enforce federal gun laws, announced as a protection of our Second Amendment rights. It was vetoed by the governor, on the basis that it was unconstitutional. An override effort failed in the state Senate.

Last week, we woke up and it started all over again. Rep. Doug Funderburk, R-St. Peters, once again, sponsored a bill nullifying federal gun laws. Once again, the bill passed in the House, just as a similar bill passed in the Senate.
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Nullification & Secession – Unholy Grails.
By Arthur L. Jones, III, April 15, 2014

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In a 1967 interview with the Los Angeles Times, actor-writer-producer Rod Serling offered this quote: “I happen to think that the singular evil of our time is prejudice. It is from this evil that all other evils grow and multiply. In almost everything I’ve written there is a thread of this: a man’s seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.”nullification-lg-2014 These words are both true and disappointing. How are we to describe politicians in certain states who are so intolerant, they willfully refuse to comply with federal laws?
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Chris Fitzsimon: Nullification back in vogue in state GOP
By Chris Fitzsimon, March 27, 2014

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Nullification was most famously invoked by segregationists like Alabama Governor George Wallace during the civil rights movement as he refused to obey a federal court order to desegregate the schools, citing states’ rights and Alabama’s sovereignty in nullifying a federal law he didn’t like.

It is not the first time in recent years that nullification has been endorsed by Republicans. Several GOP legislators addressed a nullification rally on the lawn behind the Legislative Building on the first day of the 2013 General Assembly session.
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Editorial: The neo-Nazi and the Second Amendment Preservation Act
By Editorial Board, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 21, 2014

Here’s the question Missouri Republicans must ask themselves before they pass whatever version of this year’s federal gun nullification law they intend to send to Gov. Jay Nixon before the Democrat vetoes it:

Do they want federal law enforcement officials to properly investigate the horrific crimes carried out by Frazier Glenn Miller?
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