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CBDC: Can States Stop a Central Bank Digital Currency?
The only thing that can actually keep them in check and stop this dystopian nightmare is opposition and resistance. Can states help get the job done? Too early to tell, ...
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Maine Bill Would Take Steps Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money
The legislation would make gold and silver in coin or bar form legal tender for all transactions as long as the buyer and seller agree as to the fair market ...
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Second Missouri House Committee Passes Bills to Limit Warrantless Drone Surveillance
The legislation would require state and local law enforcement agencies to get a warrant before using a drone or other unmanned aircraft to gather evidence or other information pertaining to ...
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Florida Bill Would Require Criminal Conviction Before Asset Forfeiture and Opt State Out of Federal Program
a Florida House subcommittee unanimously passed a bill that would reform the state's asset forfeiture process by requiring a criminal conviction in most cases. The enactment of this legislation would ...
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New York Senate Bill Would Create State Process to End Police Qualified Immunity
The legislation would create a cause of action in state courts to sue a police officer who “under color of law, subjects or causes to be subjected, including failing to ...
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Texas Bill Would Create State-Issued Gold-Backed Digital Currency
The legislation would require the state comptroller to establish a digital currency that is fully backed by gold and redeemable in cash or gold as well. The comptroller would also ...
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Signed as Law: Utah Restricts Geofence Location Tracking
The new law requires police to get a warrant before obtaining reverse-location information for electronic devices within a geofence or by using cell cite records in most situations ...
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Idaho House Passes Bill to Prohibit Requiring Credit Card Tracking Codes on Firearms Purchases
Titled the "Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act," the legislation would prohibit a financial institution or its agent from requiring the usage of a firearms code in a way that distinguishes ...
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California Senate Committee Passes Bill to Legalize Some Psychedelics Despite Federal Prohibition
The legislation would legalize the “possession, preparation, obtaining, transfer, as specified, or transportation” of prescribed amounts of natural psychedelic compounds including psilocybin, psilocyn, DMT, ibogaine and mescaline for personal or ...
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Rhode Island Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to Legalize Raw Milk Sales
Under the proposed law, raw milk could be sold in the state subject to the same regulations and permitting requirements as pasteurized milk ...
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Texas Bill Would Expand State Right to Try; Further Reject Some FDA Restrictions on Experimental Treatments
The passage of HB4059 would expand that to enable patients suffering from chronic diseases to access medications and treatments not yet given final approval for use by the FDA ...
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Idaho Committee Holds Hearing on Defend the Guard Act
Dan McKnight from Bring Our Troops Home testified in favor of the bill and explained the constitutional basis for the Defend the Guard Act. He pointed out that the current ...
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