Tenth Amendment Remembered

...from Tenth Amendment Center OLYMPIA , Wash. (Jan. 28, 2020) – Last Tuesday, a Washington state House committee passed a bill that would expand the state’s marijuana laws to allow home cultivation of cannabis despite continuing federal marijuana prohibition. A bipartisan coalition of 10 representatives introduced House Bill 1131 ( HB1131 ) last year and it was carried over to the 2020 legislative session. The bill would allow individuals over the age of 21 to grow up to six marijuana plants in their homes. There would be a limit of 15 marijuana plants in any single residence. Recreational marijuana has been legal in Washington since 2012, but home-grown cannabis remains illegal under state law. Passage of HB1131 would remove another barrier for cannabis users in the state On Jan. 21, the House Committee on Commerce and gaming passed HB1131 by a 9-2 vote. Step-By-Step Washington legalized medical marijuana back in 1998 and was the first state to legalize cannabis for general a...

...from Tenth Amendment Center “Whatever these betrayers of their country get, the people must lose; and, what is worse, must lose a great deal more than the others can get; for such conspiracies and extortions cannot be successfully carried on, without destroying or injuring trade, perverting justice, corrupting the guardians of the publick liberty, and the almost total dissolution of the principles of government.” – Cato’s Letters No. 16, February 11, 1721 With the conclusion of the presentation of the evidence of President Donald Trump’s alleged obstruction of Congress and abuse of power — the charges for which he was impeached by the House of Representatives — many politicians and pundits are suggesting that the senators are now to act as jurors. For example, a  Washington Times  article reporting on a lawmaker passing a note — yes, that was worthy of an article apparently — bore the following title: “Key GOP Senate jurors pass note at Trump impeachment trial.” An N...

...from Tenth Amendment Center MADISON , Wisc. (Jan 27, 2020) – Last Tuesday the Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill that would facilitate healthcare freedom outside of government insurance regulatory schemes. Rep Joe Sanfelippo (R – New Berlin) and a large coalition of Republican cosponsors introduced Assembly Bill 26 ( AB26 ) in February. The legislation specifies that direct primary care agreements (sometimes called medical retainer agreements) do not constitute insurance, thereby freeing doctors from the onerous requirements and regulations under the state insurance code. The bill also includes provisions defining direct primary care agreements and establishing modest requirements. AB26 passed the assembly by a 61-36 vote . According to  Michigan Capitol Confidential , by removing a third party payer from the equation, medical retainer agreements help both physicians and patients minimize costs. Jack Spencer  writes : “Under medical retainer agreements, patients make...

...from Tenth Amendment Center We often hear from people that nullification is chaos, disobedience is a tool of the left, and instead of refusing to comply, people need to change politicians or go to courts to get rid of laws they oppose. But that totally flies in the face of what these 10 leading founders and revolutionaries had to say. Path to Liberty: January 27, 2020 PODCAST VERSION Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives Subscribe and Review on iTunes Madison Fed 46 Otis 1763 Henry Virginia Resolves 1765 John Adams 1765 Hancock 1765 Jefferson, Franklin – Rebellion to Tyrants 1776 Iredell 1788 Maclaine 1788 Parsons 1788 Samuel Adams 1771 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 FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: http://tent...

...from Tenth Amendment Center MADISON , Wisc. (Jan 27, 2020) – Last Tuesday the Wisconsin House passed a bill that would facilitate healthcare freedom outside of government insurance regulatory schemes. Rep Joe Sanfelippo (R – New Berlin) and a large coalition of Republican cosponsors introduced House Bill 26 ( AB26 ) in February. The legislation specifies that direct primary care agreements (sometimes called medical retainer agreements) do not constitute insurance, thereby freeing doctors from the onerous requirements and regulations under the state insurance code. The bill also includes provisions defining direct primary care agreements and establishing modest requirements. AB26 passed the assembly by a 61-36 vote . According to  Michigan Capitol Confidential , by removing a third party payer from the equation, medical retainer agreements help both physicians and patients minimize costs. Jack Spencer  writes : “Under medical retainer agreements, patients make month...

...from Tenth Amendment Center Today in history, on Jan. 25, 1787, the largest confrontation of Shays’ Rebellion, outside the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts, resulted in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty. It was the culmination of a financial conflict between veterans of the War for Independence and the republican government of Massachusetts. A debt crisis, which was widespread throughout most of the states, sparked the outbreak of Shays’ Rebellion. Many soldiers that served the patriot cause were paid in bonds that became near worthless by the war’s conclusion. Among them was Daniel Shays, who was wounded in action and retired only to find himself in court for the nonpayment of debts owed to creditors. Shays recruited a group of 4,000 followers, who refused to pay taxes to Massachusetts and staged and uprising against the government. During the crisis, Massachusetts legislators were bombarded with requests to issue paper currency, widely seen as a gesture...

...from Tenth Amendment Center Sound money is a key to a free and prosperous society. That principle was clearly reflected in the monetary system that the Constitution established when it called the federal government into existence. Our ancestors didn’t trust government officials with power. They believed that the greatest threat to their own freedom and well-being lay not with some foreign regime but rather with their own government. They understood that historically most people had lost their freedom and prosperity at the hands of their own governments rather than at the hands of some conquering foreign power. That was why the American people lived for more than a decade under the Articles of Confederation, a governmental structure that provided for a federal government with extremely weak and limited powers. Under the Articles, the federal government didn’t even have the power to tax. That was precisely how our American ancestors wanted it. For them, a weak federal government...