Bill to Nullify Drone Spying Introduced in New Jersey
Add New Jersey to the long list of states opposing drone operations within their borders. Drone surveillance activity using unmanned aerial vehicles or “UAVs” has become an urgent issue threatening the right to privacy, recognized by the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution. Anti-drone legislation recently introduced by Assemblywoman Quijano (D) and co-sponsored by Assemblywoman [...]
The Freedom to Gamble
I don’t follow sports directly; they don’t interest me much. I do follow sports indirectly though, because I follow politics. And anymore nothing is sacred. So government gets involved in that too. Everything’s been perverted by government involvement. I wrote some time ago about the prospect of a few states bucking the Feds and allowing [...]
A View You Won’t Get Watching ‘Real News’
Jon Stewart, who is generally correct on most issues, despite having a distinct leftist bent, nails it with his “Of Vice and Men” segment. Enjoy. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Of Vice and Men – New York Weed Bill Dies & Chris Christie’s Veto Threat www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show [...]
Sportsbook Showdown: California Moves to Allow Sports Betting
The federal government currently preempts the states regarding the issue of sports gambling, allowing only four states to sanction the activity. This however may change soon, as legislators in California are considering a bill to decriminalize sports gambling in the state. Under the proposed Senate Bill 1390, which was recently approved overwhelmingly by the senate, [...]
ACTION ALERT: Health Care Nullification Bill in New Jersey!
New Jersey A861 would render the federal “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” null and void in the state. Sponsored by Assemblywoman Alison L. McHose, this bill not only voids the insurance mandate, it declares the entire act null and void within the state. “This bill renders the federal “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” Pub.L.111-148, [...]
A Summer Reading Assignment for Politicians
from Paul Munshine, New Jersey Star-Ledger I put up a couple blog posts recently concerning state Sen. Jim Whelan’s ignorant and hypocritical attack on Assemblywoman Allison McHose Littell at a hearing Monday. Whelan – who was a prime sponsor of a bill that was a classic exercise in nullification, the state’s new medical-marijuana law – [...]
