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Understanding nullification - what it is and what needs to be done - is far easier when you have a good understanding of these foundational principles underlying it.
Just 9 years after Thomas Jefferson called for nullification of the Alien and Sedition Acts - states and individuals took the same kind of strategy against his Embargo Act - signed by Pres. Jefferson in late 1807 - and a series of follow up acts to beef up enforcement of it.
Few areas from the Founders - if any - have been more widely rejected and misunderstood than their views and advice on foreign policy. Grasping their approach means understanding where it comes from as well.
For many of the founders, property rights were the foundation of all the others. James Madison took things even further, arguing that people not only have a right to property, but also a property in their rights - tying property rights, self ownership and all natural rights together.
One of the worst years ever, 1913 gave us the tools that support the largest government in history.