Madison County Tennessee Passes “Internet Sales Tax Opposition Resolution”
Madison County Tennessee now has two firsts. The county was the first in Tennessee to pass a 2nd Amendment Preservation Resolution against federal gun control schemes, and now it is the first in Tennessee to pass an Internet Sales Tax Opposition Resolution. The resolution is intended to protest and push back against the federal government’s [...]
Action Alert: Tennessee Bills Moving the Week of April 15
The 2013 legislative session is coming to a close. But we still need your help contacting legislators about the bills that are moving. Important items moving this week include: Stopping the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, Putting major restrictions on the use of drone technology in Tennessee, Two constitutional tender bills, and Asset forfeiture reform. You can [...]
Tennessee Anti-Drone Bill Back in the Senate, Needs Your Help Now
SB0796/HB0591, or the “Freedom from Unwanted Surveillance Act,” has passed both the Senate and the House, but it is going back to the Senate Monday because of an overly vague and dangerous amendment added to the bill in the House. That amendment should be rejected and the bill passed in its previous form. (read on [...]
Action Alert: Tennessee Drone Bill Moves to Full Senate Thursday
SB0796, sponsored by Sen. Mae Beavers to provide strict regulation for the use of drones in Tennessee will go to the full senate for a vote on Thursday, April 11. Its companion bill HB0591 sponsored by Rep. James Van Huss has made it to the House Calendar and Rules Committee and will be heard on [...]
Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey’s Bait and Switch on Gun Control
Senator Brian Kelsey is at it again, trying to deceive Tennesseans on the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms. After Kelsey’s circus-worthy constitutional gymnastics in favor of the federal government’s supposed power to take Tennesseans’ firearms away as he worked frantically to kill SB250, he now says he wants to protect Tennesseans’ right [...]
McNairy County Tennessee 2nd Amendment Preservation Resolution Up for Vote April 8
The McNairy County Commission in Tennessee will take up the issue of their pending 2nd Amendment Preservation Resolution again on Monday, April 8. The resolution was tabled last month over concern that the resolution was unconstitutional due to a recent attorney general opinion. http://tennessee.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2013/03/mcnairy-county-2nd-amendment-preservation-resolution-tabled-until-april/ This concern is irrelevant, as resolutions are not legally binding and [...]
SB0471/HB415: Why Tennessee Needs Legislative Control of Its US Senators
Here at the Tennessee Tenth Amendment Center, we have received questions from a number of people about the SB0471 and its companion bill HB0415, sponsored by Sen. Frank Niceley and Rep. Harry Brooks respectively. Because of the confusion, we at TN-TAC thought it prudent to clarify why we have endorsed the bill. In a nutshell, [...]
Nullify the Drones in Tennessee!
Sen. Mae Beavers and Rep. James Van Huss have introduced SB0796/HB0591 to protect Tennesseans from the specter of unconstitutional drone surveillance. The House version, HB0591, will head to the House Civil Justice Subcommittee on Wednesday, March 20 immediately following the meeting of the full House Civil Justice Committee at 12:30 PM Central. The bill will [...]
Action Alert: Tennessee 2nd Amendment Preservation Bill Moving to Committee Tomorrow!
On Wednesday, March 13 at 12:30 PM Central, Rep. Joe Carr will take his legislation to protect Tennesseans against a potential gun ban or registration scheme before the House Civil Justice Subcommittee. Sen. Joey Hensley will carry the bill in the Senate. Tennessee’s HB 0042 provides for misdemeanor penalties for state or federal officials who [...]
Tennessee Action Alert: Call Sen. Stevens to Dislodge SB 250 Out of Committee
After the tie vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 27, SB 250 remains stuck in that committee. It is still alive, but won’t move unless Tennesseans mobilize to get it dislodged for a second committee vote. Watch the full committee meeting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbcm5Uy0iTc SB 250 is a bill that is critical to protecting the [...]
Madison County, Tennessee Passes 2nd Amendment Preservation Resolution
The Madison County Commission passed its 2nd Amendment Preservation Resolution when it met for its regular meeting on Tuesday morning, February 19. Introduced by Commissioner Adrian Eddleman, the resolution is based on a model provided by the Tenth Amendment Center. The vote was 18 in favor, 6 votes against, with one commissioner absent. A significant [...]
Madison County, Tennessee Commission to Vote on 2nd Amendment Preservation Resolution
The Madison County Commission in Tennessee will cast its votes on its Second Amendment Preservation Resolution on Tuesday, February 19 at 8:15 AM Central time. All citizens of Madison County who support the right to keep and bear arms are encouraged to attend the meeting to show their support. The meeting will be held at [...]
Tennessee Legislators Introduce Strong New Legislation to Stop Gun Control
Sen. Mae Beavers and Rep. Sheila Butt introduced a bill Tuesday to amend the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act of 2009 so that it adds bold new protections for Tennessee firearms owners. The original Firearms Freedom Act exempted from federal law and authority firearms that were manufactured, sold, and retained in Tennessee. Going several steps further, [...]
HB 0042 Filed to Stop Federal Gun Control in Tennessee
Today, Rep. Joe Carr unveiled his legislation to protect Tennesseans against a potential gun ban or registration scheme out of Washington, DC. Sen. Joey Hensley has agreed to carry the bill in the Senate. The new Tennessee bill is a verbatim copy of an earlier version of the Wyoming bill currently pending before their state [...]
Tennessee Bill Would Ban Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
Even though the 2013 legislative session in Nashville has yet to kick off, Senator Brian Kelsey has already pre-filed the first bill of the 2013 session that would prohibit the implementation of the Medicaid expansion provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. While the Medicaid expansion was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, [...]
Tennessee: Just Say NO to the Obamacare Exchange Rally on Wednesday
There will be a “Just Say NO” rally at the Tennessee State Capitol on Wednesday, December 5th at 12 noon Central time. The rally will be an effort to put Governor Bill Haslam and the Tennessee General Assembly on notice that Tennesseans do not want the state to cooperate with the federal government by creating [...]
Time to Turn it up a Notch
An Open Letter to the Members of the Tennessee General Assembly – use as a template to write legislators in your own state! It’s time for our efforts to nullify Obamacare in Tennessee to pick up steam. Our next step is to start a campaign to contact legislators to let them know that we expect [...]
Are the Supremes Really Supreme?
cross-posted from the Tennessee Tenth Amendment Center On our June 13 episode of TRX: Tenther Radio, one of our listeners asked a great question. While I partially answered it on the air, I wanted to further answer the question posed by Darold in Tennessee. His question was: “I talked to an attorney recently about the [...]
The Poop and Plunge: Brought to You by Uncle Sam
I am pissed off. Or more accurately pooped off. But that just doesn’t sound right. You see, I have a serious problem. Whenever I poop, I inevitably have to plunge to get my toilet to flush. About a year ago I decided to listen to a guy named Robert Scott Bell and nullify the FDA [...]
Sheriffs First/NDAA Nullification Moving in Tennessee This Week!
HB2619 has been calendared for review on Wednesday, March 14 by the General Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee. This is a good step forward in that the bill is back on the calendar for the subcommittee. But all indications are that there are amendments coming, so we need to be especially watchful of any [...]
Time to Make Some Noise for NDAA Nullification in Tennessee!
As of now, the Law Enforcement Communications Act (HB2619/SB2669)has been taken off notice in the General Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee. The reason is that there has been so much opposition to the legislation, specifically from Republican members of the subcommittee, that the sponsor, Rep. Bill Dunn, has taken it off notice to prevent [...]
Legislative Alert: They’re Laughing At Us!
I don’t understand politicians. Truthfully, I probably never will. You and I make decisions every day to do the right thing, even when the benefit to us may not be quite so great as not doing the right thing. Unfortunately the majority of our state legislators seem unable to do what you and I do [...]
Tennessee vs. the Federal Playground Bully
cross-posted from the Tennessee Tenth Amendment Center On the heels of the passage of the Tennessee Health Freedom Act last year, Governor Haslam and the Tennessee General Assembly continue their quiet work spearheading the backdoor implementation of Obamacare in Tennessee. Bills like HB2839 by Rep. Charles Sargent have been introduced into the legislature, designed to [...]
NDAA Action Alert in Tennessee
Legislative Alert: NDAA Nullification/Sheriffs First Bill to Be Heard in Committee This Week The combination NDAA/Sheriffs First bill HB 2619/SB 2669 is heading to the General Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, February 8. This is the critical first step for the bill and we have to start swamping our legislators with contacts [...]
