Tenth Amendment Remembered

...from Tenth Amendment Center SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 24, 2019) – Yesterday, a California Assembly committee passed a bill that would authorize “cannabis consumption cafe/lounge” businesses. Passage into law would expand the cannabis market in California and further nullify federal prohibition in effect. Assembly Member Richard Bloom introduced Assembly Bill 1465 (AB1465) on Feb 22. The legislation would allow on-site […] April 24, 2019 at 02:25PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center AUSTIN, Texas (April 24, 2019) – Last week, a Texas House committee unanimously passed two bills that would exempt precious metals stored in the Texas Bullion Depository from certain taxes. Passage of the amendment would take another step toward the everyday use of gold and silver in financial transactions in the Lone Star State and undermine the Federal Reserve’s […] April 24, 2019 at 01:43PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 24, 2019) – Yesterday, a California Assembly committee passed a bill that would ban police from applying facial recognition technology to body-worn cameras. The proposed law would not only help protect privacy in California, but it would also hinder one aspect of the federal surveillance state. Assm. Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) introduced […] April 24, 2019 at 01:30PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center We hear them over, and over, and over again – the same, tired, worn out misconceptions or downright lies about nullification. PODCAST VERSION Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS SHOW LINKS: Top Five Lies About Nullification They All Sound like Rachel Maddow on Nullification: Good Morning Liberty 04-19-19 The Supremacy […] April 24, 2019 at 12:42PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center RALEIGH, N.C. (April 24, 2019) – A bill filed in the North Carolina House would expand the state’s Right to Try law to allows patients to access stem cell treatments not yet given final approval by the FDA, nullifying some agency regulations in effect. A bipartisan coalition of four sponsors and 10 cosponsors introduced House […] April 24, 2019 at 06:41AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center legal writers continue to promote the commerce-is-almost-everything view, generally without any serious effort to engage either Professor Barnett’s evidence or mine. April 24, 2019 at 05:10AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center AUSTIN, Texas (April 23, 2019) – Last week, a Texas House committee unanimously passed a bill that would decriminalize firearm sound suppressors under state law and end state enforcement of federal laws regulating them in the state.  Rep. Tom Oliverson (R-Houston), along with a bipartisan coalition of three cosponsors, introduced House Bill 2286 (HB2286) on Feb. […] April 23, 2019 at 05:02PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center OLYMPIA, Wash. (April 23, 2019) – Thanks to intense activist pressure, efforts to impose a sales tax on gold and silver were shut down in Washington state last week. Since last month, a few misguided Washington State senators and representatives have been trying to ram through a new tax on constitutional money. Efforts stalled out […] April 23, 2019 at 04:49PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center ALBANY, N.Y. (April 23, 2019) – A bill introduced in the New York Assembly would end Common Core in the state. Assm. Doug Smith (R-Bayport), along with a coalition of six Republican cosponsors, introduced Assembly Bill 6372 (A6372) on March 7. The legislation would end the implementation of Common Core standards in New York. “Notwithstanding […] April 23, 2019 at 08:54AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center BOSTON, Mass. (April 23, 2019) – A bill introduced in the Massachusetts Senate would place a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement in the state and impose strict guidelines on any legislation authorizing the use of such technology in the future. The proposed law would not only help protect privacy […] April 23, 2019 at 07:57AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center There are many examples of the founders warning about the power of factions, which would certainly include the massive political parties of today. April 22, 2019 at 03:58PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center Nullify federal gun control, decriminalize, constitutional carry, prohibition, health freedom, license plate tracking, asset forfeiture and more. TAC’s Michael Boldin reports on the latest news from the nullification movement. PODCAST VERSION Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS SHOW LINKS: Missouri Committee Passes Bill to Take on Federal Gun Control: Past, […] April 22, 2019 at 01:01PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center PHOENIX, Ariz. (April 22, 2019) – Last Wednesday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill into law that will help facilitate healthcare freedom outside of government insurance regulatory schemes. Sen. Heather Carter (R-Cave Creek) sponsored Senate Bill 1105 (SB1105). The new law specifies that direct primary care agreements (sometimes called medical retainer agreements) do not […] April 22, 2019 at 06:22AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center Today in history, on April 22, 1793, President George Washington issued a statement that the United States would remain neutral in the ongoing conflict between France and Britain. Given that his decision kept the United States out of a war, why was it so controversial? In 1778, the fledgling United States and France agreed to […] April 22, 2019 at 04:46AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center DENVER, Colo. (April 20, 2019) – On Thursday, the Colorado House passed a bill that would authorize “cannabis hospitality establishments” for public consumption of marijuana. Passage of this bill would expand the cannabis market in Colorado and further nullify federal prohibition in effect. A bipartisan coalition of two representatives and two senators introduced House Bill […] April 20, 2019 at 01:16PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center The Trump administration set an all-time record monthly budget deficit of $234 billion in February. I’ve actually had some people try to convince me this is somehow Obama’s fault — which is absurd. In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I dig down to the ugly truth. The federal government is spending money out the […] April 20, 2019 at 09:04AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center The U.S. federal government has spun into a death-spiral. Or perhaps we should call it a debt-spiral.  According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas, the average taxpayer forked over more than $2,000 this year just to cover their share of the interest on the national debt. In other words, we’re […] April 20, 2019 at 06:43AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center On April 19, 1721, Roger Sherman was born. A pivotal figure of the American founding period, he was only one of only two people to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of the Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From humble beginnings as a shoemaker in Connecticut, Sherman’s doings influenced American republicanism to an […] April 19, 2019 at 03:38PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center Establishment left and right – and their partisan hack supporters – all sound the same when it comes to nullification. When Obama was in power, the primary opposition came from the left, plus Mark Levin and the Heritage Foundation. With Trump in power, the opposition is almost solely from the right. And they all have […] April 19, 2019 at 12:46PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center AUSTIN, Texas (April 19, 2019) – On Wednesday, a Texas House committee held a hearing on a bill that would create a mechanism to review federal laws and end state cooperation with enforcement of those determined to violate the U.S. Constitution. This process would set the stage to help end the enforcement of some federal laws […] April 19, 2019 at 06:24AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (April 18, 2019) – Today, a Missouri Senate Committee approved a bill that would set the foundation to create a “gun rights sanctuary state” by banning state and local enforcement of most federal gun control. Passage into law would represent a major step toward ending federal acts that infringe on the right to […] April 18, 2019 at 02:24PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center Bill Greene’s biggest claim to fame is spurning Donald Trump and voting for Ron Paul as a member of the electoral college in 2016. But Bill is more than just a “faithless elector.” He’s an assistant professor of political science at South Texas College, and an expert on “constitutional tender” and sound money. For the […] April 18, 2019 at 10:29AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center For years, law enforcement has been claiming that drones will only be used for natural disasters, crime scene investigations, car accidents and rescue operations. That is the bill of goods being sold to the public but it is all a lie. A perfect example of how law enforcement promises the public one thing and after […] April 18, 2019 at 10:21AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center When the government has the power to tell us what we we allowed to see, hear, and know, we no longer live in a free society. April 18, 2019 at 07:08AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center AUSTIN, Texas (April 17, 2019) – On Monday, a Texas House committee held a hearing on two bills that would reform the state’s civil asset forfeiture laws and effectively withdraw the state from a federal program that allows police to circumvent more strict state forfeiture laws by passing cases off to the feds. The House Criminal […] April 17, 2019 at 01:12PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center The net worth of the U.S. federal government now comes in at NEGATIVE $21.5 trillion. And it’s even worse when considering what their top “asset” is, or what the numbers look like when you include Social Security’s unfunded liabilities. Michael Boldin covers this and the top-11 ways they’re spending the money they don’t have. PODCAST VERSION Subscribe: […] April 17, 2019 at 01:09PM

...from Tenth Amendment Center SANTA FE, N.M. (April 16, 2019) –  Earlier this month, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed two bills into law that loosen state prohibitions on marijuana. These two laws will further nullify federal cannabis prohibition in effect within the borders of the Land of Enchantment.  Sen. Joseph Cervantes (D-Las Cruces) sponsored Senate Bill 323 (SB323). […] April 16, 2019 at 10:28AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center Fear not, both sides of the issue can look to history as a precedent for this behavior. April 16, 2019 at 10:17AM

...from Tenth Amendment Center BOSTON, Mass. (April 16, 2019) – A bill introduced in the Massachusetts House would put strict limitations on the use of automated license plate reader systems (ALPRs) by the state. Passage into law would also place significant roadblocks in the way of a federal program using states to help track the location of millions of everyday […] April 16, 2019 at 09:04AM