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...from Tenth Amendment Center SALT LAKE CITY , Utah (Feb. 28, 2020) – Today, the Utah Senate gave final approval to a bill that would further expand raw milk sales in the state. Final passage of this bill would take another important step toward rejecting a federal prohibition scheme in effect. Rep. Kim Coleman (R-West Jordan) filed House Bill 134 ( HB134 ) for the 2020 legislative session. The bill would expand raw milk sales to allow permit holders to sell raw milk cream and butter. The current law only allows the sale of pure raw milk even by those holding a permit. On Feb. 14, the House passed HB134 by a 60-0 vote .  Today, the Senate concurred with a vote of 23-0 . HB134 builds on an expansion of raw milk sales Gov. Gary Herbert  signed into law  in 2018. Under that new law, a milk producer can sell up to 120 gallons of raw milk per month to consumers without meeting stricter requirements under the current permitting program, providing certain conditions are m...

...from Tenth Amendment Center BOISE , Idaho (Feb. 28, 2020) – Yesterday, the Idaho House passed a bill to expand a current “constitutional carry” law, and let any U.S. citizen over 18 who can legally own a gun carry concealed in city limits without a permit. Currently, anyone over 18 can carry a concealed weapon without a permit in most places in Idaho, but only Idaho residents can do so within city limits. In 2015 lawmakers passed a bill allowing permitless concealed carry outside of city limits. In 2016, they got rid of the requirement for Idaho residents to need a permit to carry concealed within city limits. In 2019, the age for concealed carry in city limits was reduced from 21 to 18. If signed into law, House Bill 516 ( H516 ) would extend the broad concealed carry protections in the state to all U.S. citizens. EFFECT ON FEDERAL GUN CONTROL While permitless carry bills do not directly affect federal gun control, the widespread passage of permitless conceal carry laws in ...

...from Tenth Amendment Center We were warned. Fear is the foundation of governments. And the effort to “protect” you from coronavirus will likely include a continuation of Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: February 28, 2020 PODCAST VERSION Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Subscribe and Review on iTunes Report: Coronoavirus spending bill as a vehicle to ram Patriot Act renewal? James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (13 May 1798) ALTERNATE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Brighteon Watch on Bitchute Watch on BitTube Watch on Twitch.tv Watch on Periscope Watch on Facebook Watch on DLive Watch on LBRY Watch on IGTV Watch on LinkedIn FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest Brave: Use Brave Browser for Privacy and Help Support TAC...

...from Tenth Amendment Center ANNAPOLIS , Md. (Feb. 28, 2020) – Yesterday, the Maryland House passed a bill that would ban the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones without a warrant and prohibit police from sweeping up electronic communications. The proposed law would not only protect privacy in Maryland, but it would also hinder one aspect of the federal surveillance state. Del. David Moon (D), along with three fellow Democrats, introduced House Bill 499 ( HB499 ) on Jan. 24. The legislation would help block the use of cell-site simulators, known as “ stingrays .” These devices essentially spoof cell phone towers, tricking any device within range into connecting to the stingray instead of the tower. This allows law enforcement to sweep up communications content, as well as locate and track the person in possession of a specific phone or other electronic device. HB499 would add provisions to existing Maryland statutes limiting warrantless location tracking throu...

...from Tenth Amendment Center Every so often I’m asked whether the Founders anticipated judicial review. In other words, whether the Founders expected the courts to void laws they found unconstitutional. The clear answer is “yes.” During the colonial era, each colony was governed by its charter, which was a kind of constitution for the colony. Colonial laws in violation of the charter were understood to be void. So also were laws that violated fundamental documents in the British Constitution, such as Magna Carta. During the ratification debates, both Federalists and Anti-Federalists assumed that the courts would have power to void unconstitutional laws. Probably the most famous example is  Federalist No. 78 , in which Alexander Hamilton wrote: By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative authority; such, for instance, as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex-post-facto laws, and the like. Limitations o...

...from Tenth Amendment Center JEFFERSON CITY , Mo. (Feb. 28, 2020) – Yesterday, a Missouri House committee unanimously passed a bill that would legalize retail sales of raw milk in the state and take a step toward nullifying a federal prohibition scheme in effect. Rep. Ann Kelley (R-Lamar) filed House Bill 1335 ( HB1335 ) in December. The legislation would legalize retail sales of raw milk or cream produced in Missouri at grocery stores, restaurants, soda fountains, or similar establishments, as long as the milk is clearly marked with a specified warning label. Currently, Missouri law only allows the sale and delivery of raw milk directly from farm to consumer. On Jan. 29, the House Agricultural Policy Committee approved HB1335 with a do-pass recommendation. Yesterday, the Rules Administrative Oversight Committee passed the bill by an 8-0 vote. Final passage of HB1335 would not only take another step toward opening up the raw milk market in the state; it would also move forward...

...from Tenth Amendment Center TOPEKA , Kan. (Feb 28, 2020) – Yesterday, the Kansas Senate passed a bill that would help expand the market for raw milk in the state and take a step toward nullifying a federal prohibition scheme in effect. The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee introduced Senate Bill 308 ( SB308 ) on Jan. 23. Under current Kansas law, on-farm sales of raw milk and raw milk products are allowed but there are strict limits on the promotion of the product. SB308 would lift the restrictions on the promotion of raw milk and allow producers to advertise their products. SB308 would also expand the definition of raw milk to include the milk of all mammals. Under current law, farmers can only legally sell unpasteurized cow milk. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 37-3 yesterday. Enactment of SB308 would not only take another step toward opening up the raw milk market in Kansas; it would also move forward efforts to nullify a federal raw milk prohibit...

...from Tenth Amendment Center CHEYENNE , Wyo. (Feb. 27, 2020) – Today, the Wyoming House passed a bill that takes a step toward protecting the right to keep and bear arms from federal gun control. A coalition of 13 Republicans introduced House Bill 118 ( HB118 ) on Feb. 7. Titled the “Second Amendment Preservation Act,” the legislation would ban any “public servant” of the state and its political subdivisions, from enforcing any future federal “acts, laws, executive orders, administrative orders, court orders, rules, or regulations statute or ordinance” that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms and which is being litigated by the Wyoming attorney general on behalf of the citizens of Wyoming. In effect, should the federal government implement any new gun control measure, the law would trigger an immediate ban on the enforcement of those measures by the state of Wyoming. The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill earlier this week by a vote of 7-2. Today, the full Hous...

...from Tenth Amendment Center OKLAHOMA CITY , Okla. (Feb. 27, 2020) – Yesterday, the Oklahoma Senate unanimously passed a bill prohibiting the state from denying a concealed carry firearms permit to medical marijuana users despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition. Sen. Nathan Dahm (R-Broken Arrow), along with two Republican cosponsors in the House, introduced Senate Bill 959 ( SB959 ) on Feb. 4. Under the proposed law, a person in legal possession of a medical marijuana patient license could not be denied a concealed carry permit in the state solely on the basis of being a medical marijuana user. The Senate passed SB959 by a 42-0 vote . “The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed,” Dahm said in a statement. “We cannot discriminate against medical marijuana cardholders because of their personal medicinal decisions.” Under an expansion of the state’s medical-marijuana program last year, “a medical marijuana patient or caregiver licensee shall not...

...from Tenth Amendment Center SACRAMENTO , Calif. (Feb. 26, 2020) – A bill filed in the California Assembly would require police to follow the state Constitution and state law when participating in the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. Asm. Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) and Asm. David Chiu (D-San Francisco) introduced Assembly Bill 2598 ( AB2598 ), The California Safe Civil Rights Act , on Feb. 20. The bill would require a California law enforcement agency that participates in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) to do so only in a manner that is “fully consistent with the laws of the State of California, including the agency’s own policies, procedures, and orders.” Under current JTTF guidelines, FBI agents can open assessments and conduct intelligence gathering against anyone they choose without reasonable suspicion, which would put California law enforcement agents in violation of state law. In its findings and declarations, AB2598 directly addr...

...from Tenth Amendment Center Thomas Paine called them “imprescriptible rights.” Richard Henry Lee said they came from the “law of nature.” Jefferson reminds us that free people “claim their rights.” But the founders and old revolutionaries didn’t create the notion of natural rights, it was a long part of the American tradition well-before the Declaration of Independence. Path to Liberty: February 26, 2020 PODCAST VERSION Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Subscribe and Review on iTunes Natural Law and Natural Rights Novus Ordo Seclorum Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law Revolution 250: Enter the Farmer The Rights of the Colonists Benjamin Rush Nov 30 1787 Jefferson to Gilmer 1816 ALTERNATE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Brighteon Watch on Bitchute Watch on BitTube Watch on Twitch.tv Watch on Periscop...

...from Tenth Amendment Center “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” -Frédéric Bastiat, French economist Let’s talk numbers, shall we? The  national debt (the amount the federal government has borrowed over the years and must pay back) is $23 trillion  and growing. The  amount this country owes is now greater than its gross national product  (all the products and services produced in one year by labor and property supplied by the citizens). We’re paying more than  $270 billion just in interest  on that public debt annually. And the top two foreign countries who “own” our debt are China and Japan. The national deficit (the difference between what the government spends and the revenue it takes in) is  projected to surpass $1 trillion  every year for the next 10 years. The United States spen...