Friday, September 12, 2014

Iowa Republican Mangles Constitution, Peddles Conspiracy Theories in Senate Race

www.theeverlastinggopstoppers.com/2014/09/iowa-republican-mangles-constitution-peddles-conspiracy-theories-senate-race/
"Nonetheless, “nullification” has been raised as a legal fantasy on the right in several episodes of American history. Most notably, it was raised as states wrestled with the enforcement of fugitive slave laws in the run-up to the Civil War, and it was raised in challenge to the desegregation of schools following Brown v. Board of Education. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it has come back into vogue in the Tea Party’s echo chamber, particularly in opposition to The Affordable Care Act."