SCOTUS Defending the 10th Amendment? Good Luck
That’s the message that Kevin Gutzman gave on the recent Bond decision, which ruled that an individual can sue the feds under the 10th Amendment. From 1937 to 1995, the Supreme Court did not rule a single congressional statute unconstitutional. One cannot take for granted that any constitutional provision will be respected if asserted against [...]
Texas House to the TSA: You are Nullified!
Update - the bill passed a 2nd reading on May 12th. The third and final vote, on may 13th had the bill passing by a vote of 138-0. It now moves on to the Senate. While states across the country are considering and passing bills to reject or nullify what many see as federal overreach in [...]
Thank you
As I was traveling overnight in the middle seat of an overpacked coach flight to South Carolina, all I could think of was….thanks. I’ll be speaking at the presidential debate after event rally/party today. The full lineup is pretty much this… Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Jordan Page, Stewart Rhodes…and me. Getting an opportunity to speak [...]
Scott Horton Interviews Thomas E. Woods
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tom Woods and Scott Horton will both be featured speakers at Nullify Now! Los Angeles on May 28th. Get tickets here – http://www.nullifynow.com/losangeles/ – or by calling 888-71-TICKETS ******* Thomas E. Woods, author of Rollback: Repealing Big Government Before the Coming Fiscal Collapse, discusses the pivotal events (Quebec Act, the “shot heard ’round the [...]
Centralization Works!
Yup. Centralization works. For people who hate minority populations and the poor. Take this example from the LA Progressive: “More African American men are in prison or jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850, before the Civil War began,” Michelle Alexander told a standing room only house at the Pasadena Main Library [...]
A Pro-Nullification President?
Gary Johnson, who spoke at Nullify Now! tour stops in both Orlando and Phoenix, has just announced his candidacy for president. And, in an interview with the radical anti-nullification revisionists at ThinkProgress, Johnson made clear his support for the movement around the country. Watch it KEYES: I know a lot of states have been taking [...]
TN Legislative Update: Week of April 10
There are two great Tenth Amendment bills moving this week in the Tennessee General Assembly. The Real ID Nullification bill (SB1638/HB1874) sponsored by Sen. Stacey Campfield and Rep. Frank Niceley will go before the General Subcommittee of the House Transportation Committee on Tuesday, April 12 and before the Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday, April 13. [...]
North Dakota to DC: Back Off!
The North Dakota legislature has a message to send to Washington DC by passing House Concurrent Resolution 3015 (HCR3015) – cease and desist! The resolution passed the House in February by a vote of 57-36, and yesterday, the Senate concurred by a voice vote. From the text of the resolution: this resolution serves as notice [...]
Number 16 on Deck? Delaware Senate Approves Medical Marijuana
By a vote of 18-3 yesterday, the Delaware State Senate approved Senate Bill 17 (SB17). The bill states that, with a doctor’s written recommendation, patients with certain serious or debilitating conditions that could be alleviated by marijuana would be allowed to possess up to six ounces of the drug. Senators approved the bill after adding [...]
Idaho House Rejects Federal Control of Health Care
Yesterday, by a vote of 50-17-3, the Idaho house of representatives passed House Bill 298 (HB298), what some pundits are calling the “son of nullification” bill. The bill states: The power to require or regulate a person’s choice in the mode of securing health care services, require employers to provide health insurance coverage to their [...]
Obama, Levin wrong on war powers
The Constitution is the set of rules that governs the federal government. It’s authorized to exercise only those powers delegated to it, and nothing more. Obama would have us believe that the decision on whether or not to start a war rests on his decision alone. Rob Natelson, one of the nation’s leading experts on [...]
Missouri House Passes Firearms Freedom Act
On January 27th, Missouri State Representative Mike Leara introduced House Bill 361 (HB361), the “Firearms Freedom Act.” Last Thursday, the Missouri House passed it by a vote of 118-37. It now goes on to the state senate for further consideration. If passed into law, the bill would make law that “a personal firearm, a firearm [...]
Radiation levels 10 times higher than what they told you
I find very few government agencies to be worse than the TSA. The violate people’s rights with impunity every day. They aren’t good at what they do, and well – read this, from Wired: The TSA, which has deployed at least 500 body scanners to at least 78 airports, said Tuesday the machines meet all [...]
Just say “NO!” to unconstitutional federal overreach
State efforts to roll back the federal health care law have drawn increasing attention to the principle of nullification in recent months. And as state legislators realize they have a viable tool to fight unconstitutional federal overreach, they increasingly employ the idea to push back against other expansions of federal power, including TSA full body [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
North Carolina Legislature Passes Health Care Freedom Act
Sitting on North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue’s desk – and waiting for action – is House Bill 2 (HB2), the “Protect Health Freedom” act. The bill states that: A law or rule shall not do any of the following: (1) Compel a person to (i) provide for health care services or medical treatment for that [...]
Making a Reporter’s Head Explode
Here’s a brief overview I had with a reporter from DailyClimate.org who wrote: “I’m working on a story about the role of the EPA’s pending greenhouse gas rules are playing in the wave of state’s rights & nullification efforts that appear to be sweeping through a number of state legislatures. “ Q: What do you [...]
North Dakota House Reaffirms 10th Amendment
Yesterday, the North Dakota house voted to approve HCR3015, a resolution “reaffirming North Dakota’s sovereignty under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and to demand the federal government halt its practice of assuming powers and imposing mandates on the states for purposes not enumerated in the Constitution of the United States.” [...]
Arizona SB1178 Moves Forward: Felony Charges for Federal Agents
Late last week, the Arizona Senate passed Senate Bill 1178 (SB1178), the Intrastate Commerce Act. The bill provides that all services performed in the state, and all goods grown or made here for consumption within Arizona “are not subject to the authority of Congress under its constitutional power to regulate commerce among the several states.” [...]
Real ID: Dead in the States, Congress follows suit
Here’s news of yet another nail in the coffin of Real ID. Still on the books in Congress, never overturned in federal court, but null and void in virtually the entire country (Florida, why don’t you join the rest!) From Cato-at-Liberty, it appears that Congress might actually defund the whole mess and make it pretty [...]
Alaska: Another kind of Nullification
While 11 state consider versions of the Health Care Nullification Act (recently passed in the Idaho House and the North Dakota Senate) and other states are looking at rejecting health care mandates alone, Alaska might bypass the entire legislative process – and still nullify the law. Citing Judge Roger Vinson’s decision voiding the whole of [...]
Montana House votes to nullify Endangered Species Act
from the Associated Press: The Montana House has overwhelmingly endorsed a plan to disregard the federal law protecting endangered and threatened species. Republicans enthused by Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s recent tough talk on wolves led a 61-39 vote Saturday to nullify the federal Endangered Species Act in Montana. Schweitzer recently encouraged ranchers to shoot protected wolves [...]
More Nullification in Montana
Montana, already defying Washington DC on Real ID and Medical Marijuana. Montana, first state to pass a firearms freedom act, now considering a new version to add fines and jail time for federal agents. Montana, standing up to the feds once again. This time, the issues is wolves – a very contentious one in the [...]
