Texas: Act Now to Nullify NDAA “Indefinite Detention”
Texas House Bill 149, to nullify NDAA “indefinite detention” failed to pass through the process in the House in time to become law this legislative session. There’s still the possibility that the bill could be added as a rider to another bill that did, but that’s not the only hope for Texans looking to stop [...]
Kansas: Act Now to Give Teeth to the 2nd Amendment Protection Act
The heat is on! The Second Amendment Preservation Act in Kansas is under fire from Mainstream Media outlets all over the nation. The federal supremacists don’t want to lose power that was never theirs to begin with, and they have unleashed campaigns against the new law through the establishment media. But even with mounting pressure, [...]
Twenty and Counting? Illinois Legislature Sends Governor Bill to Nullify Federal Marijuana Laws
SPRINGFIELD, Ill - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn will be deciding if his state will become the 20th to defy and nullify the unconstitutional federal ban on marijuana after the state Senate approved legislation on Friday. The Illinois House passed the bill legalizing marijuana for medical use by a vote of 61-57 in April, and the Senate [...]
Kansas Town Passes Ordinance Nullifying Unconstitutional Federal Gun Laws
A small city in Kansas stepped up and added another level of defense in the battle to protect the right to keep and bear arms in the Sunflower State this week. Kansas was admitted to statehood in 1861, affirming its commitment to the Second Amendment by adopting Section 4 of the State Bill of rights. It [...]
Never Mind the IRS, You’d Better Be Nice to Kathleen Sebelius
by Michael Cannon, CATO Institute ObamaCare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board is everything its critics say and worse. It is a democracy-skirting, Congress-blocking, powers-unseparating, law-entrenching, tax-hiking, fund-appropriating, price-controlling, health-care-rationing, death-paneling, technocrat-thrilling, authoritarian, anti-constitutional super-legislature. Its very existence is testament to government incompetence. It stands as a milestone on the road to serfdom. The Congressional Research Service has now confirmed what HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius pretends not [...]
Executive Orders: The Constitution Doesn’t Authorize Legislation by Executive
When the most current occupant of the White House was thwarted by Congress (as well as preempted by many states, aka Nullified before the fact) in his attempt to further remove the natural right of bearing arms, he decided he would write Executive Orders. So what are Executive Orders? The Constitution does not clearly give [...]
Former Senate Candidate/Cancer Patient, Hardy Macia Pleads MMJ Case to New Hampshire’s Governor
In a short You-tube video, former senate candidate for the 2nd Congressional Seat of New Hampshire, and current cancer patient Hardy Macia, pleading his death bed case for the ability to cultivate and use Medical Marijuana to New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan. New Hampshire passed House Bill-573, March 20, 2013, when the house voted in [...]
Is Kathleen Sebelius Barack Obama’s Oliver North?
by Michael Cannon, CATO Institute I blogged earlier about how HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is unethically, and possibly illegally, shaking down industries she regulates to get them to fund ObamaCare’s implementation. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), the ranking member of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, says this is “arguably an even bigger issue [than] Iran-Contra,” [...]
It’s Time to Set Aside Our Differences and Focus On Our Similarities
This topic isn’t a new one here at the Tenth Amendment Center. We often discuss the left/right paradigm, and the sentiment of John Adams that; “There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each [...]
MSNBC’s Kornacki Attacks Nullification, Makes a Fool of Himself
It’s no secret that MSNBC has no love for nullification. Back in 2011, Rachel Maddow attempted to link the growing nullification movement to racism. Jason Rink used parts her television segment and refuted many of her statements in his documentary, Nullification: A Rightful Remedy. The folks over at MSNBC haven’t changed their tune. Recently, The Rachel Maddow Show producer Steven [...]
Arizona Voters Get Opportunity To Consider State Sovereignty Amendment In November 2014
PHOENIX, Ariz. ( May 15, 2013) – The people of Arizona haven’t had much to cheer about when it comes to assertion of state sovereignty to block unconstitutional federal acts. Several measures passed through the state legislature over the last two years, but none escaped the ink flowing from Gov. Jan “Finger-wagging” Brewer’s veto pen. [...]
Judge Andrew Napolitano on the DOJ vs AP
Judge Andrew Napolitano discusses the legality of the Justice Dept targeting the AP – 5/14/2013
Texas 2nd Amendment Preservation Act up for a Final Senate Vote
AUSTIN, Texas (May 15, 2013) – On Monday, the Texas State Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security approved a bill that would render almost all federal gun control measures toothless within the state. House Bill 928 (HB928), by Representative Matthew Krause, was passed by a 102-31 vote in the State House last [...]
Surprise: TV Panel Attacks Nullification of Federal Gun Control
You have to love this panel…. All to the left, and the one “token” Republican they have is a former Kansas politician saying that this is a problem because none of the traditional Republicans are in the state legislature.
Not for Racists
The following is a short excerpt from Our Last Hope: Rediscovering the Lost Path to Liberty Nullification isn’t just for racists anymore. In fact, it never was. Nullification is about reining in an overreaching, ever growing federal government and corralling it within its constitutionally defined sphere. Without a doubt, racists appealed to state sovereignty and [...]
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder to gun, ammo makers: Missouri is open for business
JEFFERSON CITY – Lt. Governor Peter Kinder today urged Gov. Nixon and legislative leaders to back efforts to recruit firearms manufacturers to Missouri. In West Plains, businessman John Negri has offered up land to any gun manufacturer that wants to move to the Ozarks, a proposal that has gained the support of Gun Owners of [...]
IRS Lied to Congress about Targeting Tea Party
by Michael Cannon, CATO Institute On Friday, the IRS admitted that when “social welfare” groups with the terms “tea party” or “patriot” in their names applied for 501(c)(4)/tax-exempt status, IRS agents targeted them for extra (and extra-legal) scrutiny to ensure they were not engaged in politicking. The Washington Post reports, “about 75 groups were selected for extra inquiry — including, [...]
Compact for America: Saving the Republic by Fixing the Debt?
by Nick Dranias Nearly twenty years ago, on May 23, 1994, President Ronald Reagan wrote a personal letter to Lew Uhler of the National Tax Limitation Committee lamenting the then-latest failed attempt by Congress to propose a Balanced Budget Amendment: We can’t depend on Congress to discipline itself, as House and Senate leaders have once [...]
Action Alert: Maine Legislation Would Nullify Unconstitutional Federal Hemp Ban
Maine LD 525 is an Act to Promote Industrial Hemp. It would nullify the unconstitutional federal ban on this important agricultural crop. It recently passed out the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry by a vote of 12-1 and will soon be heard on the full house for a debate and vote. Under current Maine [...]
Sebelius Shakes Down Companies She Regulates for Cash to Implement ObamaCare
by Michael Cannon, CATO Institute Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius’ latest abuse of power has strengthened the case for her removal from office. Before discussing her latest misconduct, let’s review some of Sebelius’ past abuses of power. In 2010, Sebelius described anonymous political speech as “dangerous.” Ironically, Sebelius’ lashing out at her political opponents’ [...]
McLeod County, Minnesota Passes 2nd Amendment Preservation Resolution
By a close 3-2 vote last week, the County Commissioners in McLeod County, Minnesota approved a resolution in support of the 2nd Amendment. The resolution calls for all local agencies to stand down and refuse to enforce federal gun control measures, and for the state to pass legislation which would nullify the same. It reads, [...]
Top Denver Post Columnist Exposes Weakness of Anti-TABOR Theory
Veteran Denver Post (and former Rocky Mountain News) columnist Vincent Carroll writes here about the overweaning ambition of those who support the anti-TABOR lawsuit. That lawsuit claims that because Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) imposes fiscal limits on the power of the state legislature—that is, restricts lawmakers’ power to tax, spend, and borrow— it violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee [...]
Texas Action Alert: Help Nullify Federal Gun Control
Representative Matt Krause’s bill, House Bill 928 is Texas’s Second Amendment Preservation Act. Last week, it passed the full House with an amazing vote of 102-31. It now moves to the state Senate, where it will have its first committee hearing today, 05-13-13. HB928 is currently in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs & [...]
California: Do-or-Die to Stop NDAA “Indefinite Detention”
On April 9th, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee voted unanimously in favor of Assembly Bill 351 (AB351), the California Liberty Preservation Act. The bill has now been assigned to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations with a hearing and vote scheduled for May 15, 2013. Introduced by Republican Assemblymember Tim Donnelly, AB351 is a strong [...]
