Florida Ruling Affirms Federal Power over Health Care.
Victory! Hooray! Jump for Joy! Those are the emails and blog posts that I’ve been reading from conservatives – exuberant about the ruling from Judge Vinson in Florida today. As an opponent of the patient protection and affordable care act, I disagree with the happy thoughts – and am wary of the trojan horse that [...]
Does Congress really have authority to regulate campaign finance?
[Rob Natelson is the author of the new book, The Original Constitution: What it Actually Said and Meant. To learn more about this topic, hear Rob's podcast on Election Law and the Election Clause.] The Constitution granted Congress only enumerated powers. Did those powers include measures of “campaign finance reform?” Congress justifies campaign regulation as [...]
TAC Environmental Preservation Act Filed In Florida
We are pleased to announce that we have been successful in this small first step of the Florida legislative process. The old saying is “it’s easier to kill a bill than pass it” may be true. However, as the Florida Tenth Amendment Center did not even exist before November 30,2009, we are pleased with even [...]
10th Amendment Resolution Introduced in Mississippi
Introduced by Mississippi State Representatives Moss, Sullivan and Ward is House Concurrent Resolution 10 (HC0010), “reinforcing the fundamental principle and authority of state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States…” If passed, the resolution would also make the position of the legislature as follows: That the State of Mississippi hereby [...]
And the Dumbest Guy in the World Is…
…Ian Millhiser of the hilariously misnamed ThinkProgress, who says, “The Constitution expressly states that Acts of Congress ‘shall be the supreme law of the land…anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding,’ so our founding document specifically denies the states a veto power over federal laws.” This guy has a [...]
More Disappointment: RSC Spending Cuts
Last week the conservative House Republican Study Committee released its Spending Reduction Act of 2011, which would cut federal spending by $2.5 trillion over the next ten years. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) will introduce it in the Senate. The vast majority of the savings, $2.3 trillion, would come from freezing non-defense discretionary spending at fiscal 2006 [...]
The Tenth Amendment, from a Progressive
Here is an interesting perspective from an unlikely position on the spectrum. It is not often that the Tenth Amendment is covered in the mainstream, and when it is, it’s often associated with the Tea Party or conservatism (it would be with libertarianism as well, assuming the mainstream media would cover them as well). Here’s [...]
Larry Taylor Speaks on TX Legislative Session
Larry Taylor has come out and said that Voter ID, The Sonogram Bill, and Balanced Budget without raising taxes are the top priority for the session. For those who may not now, Larry Taylor is the Republican Caucus Leader so what he says is listened to in Austin. In this interview he called for the [...]
Don’t Listen to Jefferson
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tom Woods will be a featured speaker at upcoming Nullify Now! tour stops in Cincinnati, New Hampshire, Austin, and Los Angeles.. Get your tickets at http://www.nullifynow.com or by calling 888-71-TICKETS ******* I don’t know who Paul Zummo is, but I know he wrote this. It’s the usual arguments against nullification, as if no [...]
Declaring the Health-Care Law Null and Void
Jan 24, 2011 – Judge Napolitano, Tom Woods talk Nullification on Freedom Watch Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com
Faceoff! States tell feds to back down
From WND: “…Boldin told WND that the idea that states would reject a Washington demand is not radical, it’s reasonable. He said what’s radical is “the idea that the federal government can be the final arbiter of the extent of its own powers.” Obamacare also is under fire in the federal court system, where one [...]
NEWS: Taking Back the Commerce Clause in Virginia
Today, the Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed House Bill 1438 (HB1438), the Intrastate Commerce Act. The bill, “Provides that all goods produced or manufactured within the Commonwealth, when such goods are held, retained, or maintained in the Commonwealth, shall not be subject to federal law, federal regulation, or the constitutional power of the United [...]
Indiana’s Cure for the Common Political Cold: Federal Overreaching!
For decades our nation has been building towards a crescendo. This crescendo is predicated on the issue of sovereignty; more specifically–state sovereignty. How is this crescendo going to initiate itself…?
Act Now: SD Health Care Freedom Act Introduced
The following email alert went out from the South Dakota Tea Party Alliance yesterda morning: (Pierre) – The Health Care Freedom Act was introduced yesterday afternoon to nullify the worst parts of ObamaCare in South Dakota. Officially numbered HB 1088, this important bill recognizes the state’s right to protect its citizens from unconstitutional health care requirements imposed [...]
NEWS: 9 States and Counting to Consider Nullification of Obamacare
While Congress wrangles over repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, lawmakers in nine states have taken steps to bypass Washington D.C. completely and take matters into their own hands. The latest? North Dakota. Introduced by State Senators Sitte, Berry, and Dever is Senate Bill 2309 (SB2309), the National Health Care Nullification [...]
The United State of DC?
Is this one of the Federal plans to take over the States? It has become clear the Federal government is the driving force behind the financial troubles of the States; every Federal incentive is for the States to overspend as explained in The Nature of the Beast, judicial activism, the general welfare, and the butterfly [...]
Jerry Doyle, Tom Woods, Nullification
Jerry Doyle interviews Tom Woods on nullification, mandates, delegated constitutional powers, and more… “Having exhausted all possible remedies I’m willing to go back and look at all the recommendations that Thomas Jefferson gave us. And if the solution is something that angers both Hillary Clinton and Mitch McConnell then so be it!” “One great thing [...]
The Constitution Forbids It
The Constitution is clear where legislation must be proposed; the House of congress. Article I section VII and VIII make clear that the responsibility for legislation at the federal level is the responsibility of the House. The idea that federal bureaucracies can make “rules” that become laws that include punishment for breaking such laws, is [...]
Health care freedom legislation filed in Kentucky
With the filing of House Bill 105, Kentucky joined 10 other states seeking to establish some level of health care freedom for its citizens in 2011. HB 105 declares, “No federal or state law or rule shall compel, directly or indirectly, a person, employer, or health care provider in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to participate [...]
Want To Get Involved? Here’s How!
Want to get involved and not know how? The question was asked of me this morning on the Aroostook Watchmen Radio Program with Steve Martin and Jack McCarthy and I immediately thought of putting this out. There are many passionate activists around America today who have been concerned and follow the events with a close [...]
James Madison: States Need Recourse Against Courts
It’s worth recalling important passages from James Madison’s famous Report of 1800 in light of the many uninformed criticisms of nullification (e.g., “Why, the courts are our infallible judges!”): “The resolution of the General Assembly [the Virginia Resolutions of 1798] relates to those great and extraordinary cases, in which all the forms of the Constitution [...]
State bankruptcy and a heartland home-grown solution
The New York Times reports today that policy makers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under crushing debts, including the pensions they have promised to retired public workers: “Unlike cities, the states are barred from seeking protection in federal bankruptcy court. [...]
Oklahoma Rep Ritze Seeks Nullification of ObamaCare
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Mike Ritze has filed legislation to effectively nullify the new federal health care law and allow felony charges against individuals attempting to enforce it in Oklahoma. “The federal health care law is clearly an unconstitutional infringement on the rights of U.S. citizens,” said Ritze, a Broken Arrow Republican who is [...]
New Hampshire Healthcare Nullification Act Introduced to committee
EDITOR’S NOTE: With news from Idaho about a health care nullification act being introduced shortly, and this bill below, that brings the total to 8 – states that are considering rejecting not just health care mandates, but the entire national health care bill. Track them here. ******* This bill (full text) makes it a misdemeanor [...]
