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Saving Our Constitution

We had a good Planning/Board meeting Monday (11-19-12) at Ray's Deli in Lake City.  KrisAnne Hall spoke to us about Nullification, particularly with the idea of Florida nullifying Obamacare.  Below are some of the things she told us and some of the suggestions she made:

She explained that the principle of Nullification is the responsibility of the people of each state to restrict the federal government to their limited, delegated powers.  She explained that our biggest problem is educating people about Nullification.  We have to find ways to  empower people in the states to understand how much power they have to protect our Rights.   She gave us a “to do” list to get us started:
1)  She recommended Tom E. Woods book, “Nullification” but asked us to read the appendix first  - the appendix includes these documents and she definitely wants us to read each of them: 
a) The Virginia Resolution of 1798,  http://avalon.law.yale.edu//18th_century/virres.asp 
b) The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799,  http://avalon.law.yale.edu//18th_century/kenres.asp 
c) The address of the General Assembly to people of the commonwealth of Virginia (this accompanied the Virginia Resolution) 

She also recommended Federalist Papers # 33  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed33.asp

Federalist Papers # 78  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed78.asp

These documents can be found on:
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/     These will give us the ammunition we need to stand our ground with our elected representatives when they say that Nullification is unconstitutional.  We will be sending out another newsletter in a few days with some action items for things that we can start doing to work on this issue.

KrisAnne is writing an article on Nullification for her blog:  www.krisannehall.com.  This should be posted in the next couple of days so please check her website.  KrisAnne will be our guest speaker at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 13, 2012 to speak further on this issue.  Please go ahead and mark your claendars and plan to attend!

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Things We will Work On In the Coming Months

There have been many good suggestions made for our group.  I am going to list some below and will get out more information in the near future. 

1) Build the core of our organization: Officers, Board Members, and Committees to work on the issues facing us.

2)  Doing more with our social media (Facebook, etc.).  Get the most out of our website, find new ways to get our information out to the public.

3)  Look for potential candidates:  Suggestions were made that we find people as soon as possible to run for offices; in particular people who have established integrity.  We would like to have a committee that could vet candidates and we would like to involve other groups to help with this effort.  Lane Watkins explained to us the GOTV (Get Out the Vote) effort (knocking on doors, telephone banking, etc.)  Lane will coordinate the effort to work on this issue.

4)  Finding members who can keep up with the Florida Legislature, keep us informed about issues/legislation that need our input., etc.

5)  County Commissions - look for members who can attend the County Commission meetings and report to the membership.  Several volunteered for the Columbia County Commission.  A suggestion was made to have buttons made that indicate we are there on behalf of the Tea Party.

If you have other ideas please let us know.  If there is an area that you can work on, please let us know. 

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Justin Boulter Radio Show

Remember to listen to the Justin Boulter radio show on WJTK 96.5 at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday mornings.  Justin Boulter and Sara Wright started a new show a few weeks ago and are addressing the issues facing us today. 

This week's guests will include members from our Tea Party talking about our future plans; If you have anything you would like to hear discussed, please email Justin at justinboultershow@gmail.com

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What Is The North Central Florida Tea Party?

North Central Florida Tea Party is a group of citizens who are concerned about where our nation is heading. We are a grassroots, nonpartisan group opposed to wasteful deficit spending and infringement of our natural rights. We do have a well-defined and uniform slate of principles on which we center our advocacy and support for political candidates. These principles include, first and foremost, advocating for Essential Liberty, the restoration of constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and the promotion of free-enterprise, national defense, and traditional American values. Our goals are to educate ourselves on the issues facing us today, act on what we learn, and motivate other like-minded people to become involved. Find a way to become part of the solution instead of just complaining about the problems! For more information go to: NCF Tea Party; check the website out for information about our group, information on the issues, and contact information. Visit the blog - read the articles and leave your comments. We need your input to make our website a better place to visit! Click below on "Become a Friend" to receive Facebook updates. If you find something in this newsletter that you think should be shared, please pass it on to your friends and relatives. Invite someone to come to the meeting with you! Working together we can bring this country back to its Constitutional roots.

Jefferson's Thoughts on Nullification

The doctrine of nullification, i.e., the idea that states have the right to unilaterally render void an act of the federal government that they perceive to be contrary to the Constitution, finds its origins in the writings of Thomas Jefferson, most notably his 1798 Kentucky Resolutions, written to protest the Federalist Congress's passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
Thomas Jefferson's Kentucky Resolutions claim that the U. S. Constitution was a compact among the several states-whereby the states delegated certain limited powers to the U.S. government; any undelegated power exercised by the U. S. government is thus void. Furthermore, the general government is not the final and authoritative judge of its own powers, since that would make the government's discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of those powers-but rather the parties to the contract, the states, have each an equal right to judge for themselves whether the Constitution has been violated as well as "the mode and measure of redress"-since there is no common judge of such matters among them. Thus, every state can of its own authority nullify within its territory "all assumptions of power by others"-i.e., all perceived violations of the Constitution by the federal government.
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