State leaders fight for Health Freedom
On this past weekend’s Freedom Watch, Judge Andrew Napolitano interviewed Virginia and Missouri politicians concerning their efforts to fight ObamaCare’s health insurance mandate. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com
The Case for Health Care Freedom
by State Rep Tim Jones, via mohealthfreedom.org It is clear that Missourians not only oppose the new federal health care law, but also the individual insurance mandate in the new law that would force individuals to purchase health insurance, or face fines and penalties. Equally troubling for Missourians are the nearly weekly updates from the [...]
Notice and Demand to the Federal Government
Senator Jim Lembke presented Senate Concurrent Resolution 34, the Tenth Amendment Resolution, on the Missouri Senate Floor, and passed 26-6. It currently waits in the Missouri House rules committee. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 34 WHEREAS, in the American system, sovereignty is defined as final authority, and the people, not government, are sovereign; and WHEREAS, the [...]
Health Care Freedom Act Goes To Voters in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY—Missouri voters will decide if they want federal law to force them to buy health insurance, as Sen. Jane Cunningham’s (R-Chesterfield) “Health Care Freedom Act” has now passed the House and goes to the Secretary of State to be placed on the August ballot. The act was attached to a comprehensive insurance bill, House [...]
Missouri Joins Health Care Battle
Senator Jane Cunningham’s Health Care Freedom Act (SJR25), nearly identical to Virginia’s, passed the Missouri Senate as a ballot referendum Tues. by a 26-8 vote. Three Dems., two up for reelection in conservative districts, crossed over to vote in favor. The legislation provides: “that no federal law shall compel a patient, employer, or health care [...]
Missouri House Passes Health Care Freedom Act
The Missouri State House has passed House Joint Resolution 48 (HJR48). The legislation, known as the “Missouri Health Care Freedom Act” seeks to make public policy for the state that every person within the state of Missouri is and shall be free to choose or decline to choose any mode of securing health care services [...]
Claiming Sovereignty in Missouri
Introduced in the Missouri Legislature this week are House Concurrent Resolution 25 (HCR25) and Senate Concurrent Resolution 34 (SCR34), both of which claim “sovereignty for the state under the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution for all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government under the Constitution.” HCR25 was introduced by [...]
More than 500 attend 10th Amendment Rally in Missouri
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: More than 500 people flooded the Capitol rotunda Wednesday calling for more states’ rights and less government. State legislators touted their beliefs on states’ rights to those gathered from across the state, the majority from the St. Louis area. Many of the attendees said they were disheartened by the direction [...]
Will Missouri Nullify Federal Gun Laws?
Missouri State Representative Cynthia Davis has introduced the “Firearms Freedom Act” (HB1230) – prefiled for the 2010 legislative session. The bill “Asserts the right of the State of Missouri to regulate the intrastate use and acquisition of certain firearms pursuant to the reserved powers of the state over intrastate commerce and the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.”
The Pincer Movement
Forcing current and campaigning public officials to take a principled and public stand (yea or nay) on the 10th Amendment and the Enumerated Powers Act will flush officials out into the open about their dedication to the very document they swore to uphold.
Jul 24, 2009 | Categories:Activism, Commentary | Tags: Missouri Sovereignty, Strategy | 14 Comments »