Tom Woods’ upcoming book on nullification sparked a thought I can’t seem to get out of my head. See what you think.
Concept: An advocacy group set up to educate people on specific laws (federal, state and local) and to advise the repeal of such laws deemed unconstitutional or unjust, whether through actual repeal or through nullification in the case of federal laws.
To most here the obvious answer would be to throw them all out and start anew. I hear you, but I don’t think we’ll get that much traction with that approach - way too many lemmings out there. I’ll go with the domino theory. Knock down a few bad laws, and the rest of the junk should follow.
Overall, the federal laws (including regulations created by unelected officials) are relatively easy to point out - once you get past the shear volume. I doubt however that the average person understands what are or are not powers granted to the federal government under the U.S. Constitution. That would require actually reading it, not to mention the legislation.
State and local legislation is probably where it gets most interesting. There is, and should be, a great deal of variety. The purpose of this part of the project would be to identify which laws are most effective, although in keeping with the concept repealing bad laws would be the primary focus. Ultimately, people would vote with their feet - but at least they could be better informed.
I can see many, many years invested in tackling just the law on the books. Additional effort would be in advocating new law that protects liberty and property better than existing law. Perhaps that would be another project. I can, however, see the importance of addressing the U.S. Constitution itself. Simply nullifying the laws that are unconstitutional seems insufficient.
Ultimately, in my opinion, law should be a private, voluntary matter. Perhaps we’ll get there eventually.
I haven’t seen such a project through my search, albeit a brief one. If you know of a similar effort, please share.