Tenther Blog
Conspiracy: Luther Martin’s Anti-Federalist Warnings about Centralization
Luther Martin, the Anti-Federalist firebrand, predicted that the Constitution would lead to a national system of consolidated power that could never secure liberty. He argued this was an intentional conspiracy ...
Federal Robbery: Asset Forfeiture Program Helps States Steal
Civil asset forfeiture is theft. Despite the fact that a growing number of states are limiting or even ending this practice, there’s a massive loophole. A federal program called “equitable ...
2nd Amendment Preservation: Kentucky Bill Would Ban State Enforcement of All Federal Gun Control
Rep. T.J. Roberts and Rep. Felicia Rabourn filed House Bill 82 (HB82) to expand the current ban on state enforcement of a "federal ban" on firearms and ammunition to include ...
New York Bill Would Abolish Qualified Immunity
A bill filed in the New York Assembly seeks to abolish the doctrine of qualified immunity, paving the way for lawsuits against government officials, including law enforcement officers, in state ...
Virginia Bill Would Extend Sales Tax Exemption on Gold and Silver
The Virginia legislature exempted the sale of gold, silver, and platinum bullion or legal tender coins over $1,000 from sales tax in 2018. effective until 2022. That year, the legislature ...
Arkansas Bill Would Exclude CBDC From the State Definition of Money
A bill filed in the Arkansas Senate would expressly exclude a central bank digital currency (CBDC) from the definition of money under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), creating potentially significant roadblocks ...
Arizona Bill Targets EPA Overreach, Asserts State Sovereignty
The proposed law would ban the state, all of its political subdivisions, and their employees from "knowingly and willingly participating in any way in the enforcement of any federal act, ...
New Hampshire Action Alert: Defend the Guard Act Hearing
The New Hampshire Defend the Guard Act is scheduled for a House committee hearing on Friday, Jan. 17. You can take some simple, quick steps to help move the bill ...
New York Bill Seeks to End Civil Asset Forfeiture and Limit Federal Equitable Sharing Participation
The legislation would replace the state’s civil asset forfeiture process with a criminal procedure. Under the proposed law, forfeiture could only occur if the “prosecuting authority secures a conviction of ...
Alaska Bill Would Make Gold and Silver Legal Tender; End Sales Taxes on Both
Under the proposed law "specie," defined as "gold or silver valued primarily based on its metal content and in the form of coin or bullion," would be recognized as legal ...
Defend the Guard Act: Kentucky Bill Would Block Unconstitutional Deployments
The legislation would prohibit the governor from releasing any unit or member of the Kentucky National Guard into “active duty combat” unless Congress “has passed an official declaration of war,” or “taken an ...
10th Amendment Explained: Tench Coxe on State vs Federal Power
"Independent of the control or interference of the federal government." That’s how Tench Coxe described the vast majority of power under the Constitution - reserved to the states and completely ...
Kentucky Bill Would Legalize Raw Milk Sales in the State
The passage of this legislation into law would allow the development of a raw milk market in Kentucky and also take an important step toward further rejecting a federal prohibition ...
Wyoming Bill Would Require State to Hold Gold and Silver Reserves
Under the proposed law, the state treasurer would be required to hold not less than $10 million in specie and specie legal tender "between and across all state-managed accounts." Specie ...
