Abrupt end to Kentucky regular session kills sovereignty bills
The 2011 regular session of the Kentucky State Legislature came to an abrupt end Wednesday, killing any hope of passing one of the several state sovereignty bills still pending. Senate President David Williams (R-Burkesville) ended the session 12 days early, a political move related to the ongoing budget battle and deadlock over how to resolve [...]
New Hampshire to Review Federal Financial Control of our State Sovereignty
HB 590 passed the House 228 – 111; it calls for a committee to review state participation in federal grant-in-aid programs. Considering that over 50% of the State budget and laws associated with that spending is controlled by the Federal government; this is a prudent first step to shine some light on an area of [...]
Tennessee Passes Health Care Freedom Act
On Monday, the Tennessee Health Care Freedom Act cleared its last hurdle in the Tennessee General Assembly. The House voted 70 to 27 to pass the legislation, following on the heels of the Senate passage of SB0079 on February 23. This bill provides vital protections to Tennesseans who choose not to comply with the Patient [...]
Rick Perry 1, Obama 0
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bernie Quigley will be a featured speaker at Nullify Now! New Hampshire. Get tickets and info here – http://www.nullifynow.com/newhampshire/ – or by calling 888-71-TICKETS ******* . . . states rights, states rights, states rights . . . ! – Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, at the first Tea Party event on April 15, [...]
Et tu, Heritage?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tom Woods will be a featured speaker at upcoming Nullify Now! tour stops in New Hampshire, Austin, and Los Angeles.. Get your tickets at http://www.nullifynow.com or by calling 888-71-TICKETS ******* The Heritage Foundation is opposed to state nullification. The peons have evidently latched onto an idea that has not been approved for them [...]
Legislative Alert! NJ vs TSA
CLICK HERE – to track legislation rejecting TSA scanners, searches, etc. ******** In a previous post, I had referred to New Jersey as DC’s most willing crony State, and had challenged the Legislature and the People to prove me wrong. I’m not one to count my chickens before they hatch, but three bills currently under [...]
NC Governor Perdue Vetoes The Health Care Freedom Act
An update from Dr. Dan Eichenbaum: On Saturday, NC Governor Beverly Perdue chose to veto The Health Care Freedom Act (NC House Bill 2). While her use of the executive veto is legitimate political action, in this instance it represents a wanton disregard for the wishes of a majority of our state’s legislators and citizens. [...]
Real ID – Real Nullification
You may not realize it but the May 11 deadline for states to be in compliance with the 2005 Real ID Act is fast approaching. Fortunately, many states have taken efforts to nullify this attack on liberty by refusing to comply, with 16 states having laws against enactment and another 10 that have passed resolutions [...]
South Carolina reps see the light on Commerce Clause
Two state representatives in South Carolina are pushing back against a federal ban of incandescent light bulbs set to begin in January of 2012. There is no constitutional authority for Congress to impose such a ban on the citizens of the several states, and it’s nice that South Carolina noticed. From NetRightDaily: “State Representatives Sandifer and Loftis are taking the lead [...]
Intrastate Commerce Act Advancing in Florida
The Florida Tenth Amendment Center and Florida Campaign for Liberty are pleased to announce that the Intrastate Commerce Act has secured a sponsor in the Senate and was filed on March 1, 2011 by Senator Greg Evers. The legislation will help Florida adhere to the separation of powers called for under the Tenth Amendment of [...]
Thoughts on Obama and DOMA
Writes Bob G: By asserting that Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and ordering the justice department to no longer defend the 1996 law in federal court, Obama just validated the nullification movement. If the agent of the States acting through the executive branch can nullify a law duly passed by the legislative branch, without [...]
The New Dominion: NH state rep calls for ‘State Defense Force’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bernie Quigley will be a featured speaker at Nullify Now! New Hampshire. Get tickets and info here – http://www.nullifynow.com/newhampshire/ – or by calling 888-71-TICKETS ******* State Rep. Daniel Itse of Fremont, NH, wants to create a volunteer “permanent state defense force,” separate from the New Hampshire National Guard, to assist with disaster relief [...]
News Alert: People Having Unconventional Thoughts
My latest videoblog. It is a riot to observe the Establishment’s reaction when people think outside the Biden/Romney box.
Dan Casey Betrays His Ignorance While Ranting About Tenthers’ “Flawed” Arguments
Casey’s central argument against what he views as our misreading of the Constitution, betrays both his ignorance of the history surronding the Constitution and the rules of legal interpretation that were understood very well by the those who framed and ratified it. Both James Madison (the author of the amendment Casey uses to make his case), and [...]
How about some diversity?
We’ve become a nation obsessed with diversity. One can rarely pick up a newspaper or magazine, or tune in to radio or TV news programming without running into someone touting the value of diversity. As a nation, we’ve come to embrace the importance of recognizing different cultures, religions and ways of thinking. This isn’t a [...]
Recent Media: NY Times, USA Today and more
Here’s a quick roundup of some recent media coverage, and a few additional thoughts too… USA Today – 02-28 John Adams – not that one, the journalist – did a pretty solid job of reporting….actually giving both sides pretty much equal space. Michael Boldin, executive director of the Los Angeles-based Tenth Amendment Center, disagrees. The [...]
Supreme Court gets the Constitution right, for once
In an overwhelming 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the odious Westboro Baptist Church and the First Amendment. That is, the amendment which protects ALL speech, not just politically-correct, state-approved speech. Bravo. The nine highest-paid federal judges in the land have proved themselves capable of comprehending the plain language of the Constitution. Why then, we [...]
Texas Legislation Proposes Felony Charges for TSA Agents
cross-posted from the Texas Tenth Amendment Center Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) introduced a package of bills into the Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday that would challenge the TSA’s authority in a number of ways. The first bill, HB 1938, prohibits full body scanning equipment in any Texas airport and provides for criminal and civil [...]
Government Intrusion Making us Sick
Pfizer recently announced reducing its budget for the research and development of new life saving drugs by a whopping $2 billion dollars. Even if the money and jobs doesn’t concern you because you hate big “Pharma”, evil corporate executives, and capitalism in general, the new drugs that may have been developed to save your life one [...]
The Core Political Values of the Founders
In his book, The Original Constitution-What It Actually Said and Meant, published by the Tenth Amendment Center; Professor Rob Natelson lists on page 18 a summary of the Founder’s core political values and principles: Liberty, in the sense of Lockean natural rights, Effective government, Republican government, decentralization, and fiduciary government. It is this last, fiduciary [...]
Action Alert: SB498 Obamacare Nullification may not even get a Hearing in Oregon
I went to Salem with Art Crino (from 912) today to discuss sb498 (obamacare nullification) http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/sb0400.dir/sb0498.intro.html and the feeling we got from the members of the Healthcare committee was not good. One member even confided in us that he did not even think it would come up for a hearing in committee (much less make [...]
Reasserting the 10th Amendment
Michael Maharrey, Media Director and KY state chapter coordinator for the Tenth Amendment Center, on the air with Dirk Thompson of WTVN 610 AM in Cincinnati on 02-27-11 When you start talking about states rights and nullification, the mainstream starts accusing you of wanting to go back to the time of slavery. At Nullify Now! [...]
The States are Showing some Guts
Walter Williams talks about nullification as a guest host on the Rush Limbaugh show, 02-28-11 “The states are beginning to get some gets – in terms of doing something that the founders would have surely supported…and that is the doctrine of state nullification.” “I support states nullifying unconstitutional practices by the federal government.” More reading: [...]
New England Nullification Tradition Marches On
Though many living in New England today might be loathe to admit it, there is a long history of nullification being used in the region to defy unconstitutional federal edicts. This week, the town of Sedgwick, Maine voted to carry on that proud tradition by nullifying certain federal agricultural regulations. They did so through what might be the [...]
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