Persuade State Legislators to Enforce, Not Revise, the Constitution
Larry Greenley has written a long, but interesting and thought-provoking article on changing vs enforcing the constitution on a state level. Here’s an excerpt: The movement to restore the Constitution, however, has encountered a fork in the road. One path builds on the Tenth Amendment movement by introducing and passing measures in state legislatures to [...]
Federal Legislation Threatens Massachusetts Agriculture
Massachusetts has a long, proud history of farming. Drive into the small towns West of Metro Boston and it’s hard not to notice an orchard, dairy, or signs for one of our many local farmer’s markets. A few minute’s drive from my home will bring you to Bolton – a right to farm community. A [...]
Repeal Amendment: Giving Back The Power Back To The States
The politicians in DC have proven that they are no longer capable of governing in the best interests of the several states and have long used the courts to usurp powers granted to the states via the 10th Amendment by invoking the General Welfare clause, theCommerce clause and/or the Necessary and Proper clause. The states have always [...]
A Step for Liberty
New Jersey State Senator Michael Doherty is drafting legislation to “rein in TSA Abuses” – the following is from the official press release (h/t Tom Woods): Senator Michael Doherty, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement regarding legislation he is drafting to curb the abuses of civil liberties by [...]
“Whatever it takes”…
I have been watching the news and cringe at the interviews where a reporter is standing in a terminal interviewing a traveler regarding security procedures. These words have become all too common and frankly scare me, “whatever it takes” to keep us safe. OK, let’s explore that sentiment. The government creates a new security force [...]
National Academic Standards Did Not Start with Obama’s Race To The Top
America 2000 was the name for the great leap forward in education under the first President Bush. Over time it has evolved into Goals 2000 by Clinton, No Child Left Behind under the second Bush and now we have Race to the Top under Obama. Not one president or seated congress in session has dared to [...]
Napolitano, Beck, TSA
I thought this was a surprisingly interesting interview…
Online Nullification Training Seminar
Online Nullification Training Seminar. The Rightful Remedy to Federal Tyranny. Educate Yourself! Presented by http://www.WeRefuse.com Nullification is the legal concept that States have the right to Nullify – i.e. refuse to enforce – unconstitutional Federal laws. In light of the recent passage of Obamacare (which forces citizens to purchase health insurance) and TSA naked scanning [...]
Interposition at San Francisco International Airport
Incoming DA of San Mateo County Steve Wagstaffe said his office will prosecute TSA employees if they engage in lewd and lascivious behavior while frisking passengers at the San Francisco International Airport.
Happy Thanksgiving, From the TSA
Bow down or be punished. That is the holiday message of the TSA. If a plebian enters the gulag zone at the airport, and then refuses to submit to either the Chertoff radiation-scanner and its naked photo, or the full-body feel-up, and decides to opt out of flying, he will be detained for interrogation, and [...]
TSA Says When We Buy an Airline Ticket we Surrender Some of Our Rights; really?
The citizen outrage over the TSA “pat downs” and use of X-ray machines that create X rated pictures is completely justified as American citizens protected by the constitution are being molested and abused by representatives of our government. This argument is not about security it is about rights, and what we are willing to accept [...]
Postal Service Announces $8.5 Billion Loss
The U.S. Postal service has announced a net loss of $8.5 billion for fiscal 2010. Since 2006, the USPS has lost $20 billion, and the organization is close to maxing out its $15 billion line of credit with the U.S. Treasury. Although the USPS has achieved some cost savings, they haven’t been enough to overcome a [...]
Earmarks: More Than Meets the Eye
The popular press has been obsessed with the topic of earmarks for the last few days. Some are arguing that the cost of earmarks is insignificant in comparison to the overall size of government. Others are saying that small, though they may be, eliminating earmarks is an important symbolic step to show that the congress [...]
Adopt a Legislator for the 2011 Legislative Session
The new session of the Tennessee General Assembly will begin in January 2011. In preparation for the upcoming session, the Tennessee Tenth Amendment Center is rolling out its Adopt A Legislator Program for the 2011 session. With the drastic change in the House’s balance of power, we hope there is a better chance of getting [...]
Real REAL ID Encounters. And a remedy
Today’s email in box brought two REAL ID messages. Both of them follow below. The first, from a FL TAC reader named Kathy expresses the frustration and sense of powerlessness we law abiding citizens face here in Florida. Please help by writing, calling and emailing your state senator and representative and tell them you strongly [...]
Nevada Tenth Amendment Center Online!
Nevada Tenth Amendment Center is just in its infancy , however please look forward to more information on nullification and other liberty related topics. United States Constitution – Amendment X The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or [...]
Bringing the Tenth Amendment to Massachusetts
In the last year, since December 2009, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has experienced a political facelift. Once considered the textbook example of a one-party state that would play the games of big-government politics without fail, Massachusetts has once again become a battleground for liberty. Groups of citizens, once believed to be a silent, defeated minority [...]
Florida Health Care Freedom Act Returns
Rep. Scott Plakon’s Florida Health Care Freedom Act is back and is being personally sponsored by Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolis. The bill, HJR1 is a rarity in that senate presidents do not normally sponsor bills. Pinellas representative Lawrence Ahern is also a co-sponsor. The Florida Health Care Freedom Act from last session was to [...]
A witness to intellectual gymnastics
When I first started dating my wife, a friend of one of my children told her that we could never get married because it was “against the bible.” You see, my wife is black, and this child’s parents believe that races shouldn’t intermingle. Their biblical support for this belief rests on a few Old Testament [...]
Texans Move to Nullify Federal Education?
Though far from a reality, the very existence of this bill is an indication that the Federal Government’s monopoly on education policy may be waning.
A Solution for Airport Scanners
Writes Dorothea: Here’s a simple solution to the controversy over full-body scanners at airports. Develop an enclosed booth that passengers step into but , instead of X-raying them, when the door closes, it will detonate any explosive device they have hidden on or in their body. The explosion will be contained within the sealed booth. [...]
Targeting Earmarks
the anti-earmarks issue is a fraud. It’s a neocon trick, pushed by the Club for Growth and similar groups. It’s a way for the neocons to seem to be against spending while not actually being against it, and it’s a way to strengthen the presidential dictatorship against the legislature. Once again, earmarks are not spending; [...]
New Jersey Legislators Take on TSA
Introduced in the New Jersey State House and Senate are resolutions calling on the state’s congressional delegation to do something about constitutional violations by the TSA at our nation’s airports. Watch it: Good base positions on the problems – but the solution? It does not lie in asking the federal government “pretty please stop.” It [...]
How Banning Sports Betting Undermines The Constitution
Though legal sports betting is prohibited in the US by Federal law, there has been in recent years a re-examination of its logic on a variety of levels. Part of this is a desire for new revenue sources, while part is simply a growing acceptance of gambling in all forms. Ultimately, the true injustice of [...]
