As support for state efforts against a central bank digital currency ramps up, we’re starting to hear what opponents have to say. You probably won’t be surprised to learn that much of it is based on their view that federal supremacy is the answer to everything.
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The legislation would create a cause of action in state courts to sue a police officer who “subjects or causes to be subjected any other person to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the federal or state constitution or laws."
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You can't trust anybody to limit their own power. This is especially true of the federal government. If we fail to limit its power, it will only grow -- no matter which team is in power.
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The legislation would exempt the sale of gold and silver coins and bullion from the state sales and use tax effective Jan. 1, 2024.
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Titled the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, the legislation would prohibit a financial institution operating in Texas from requiring or assigning a firearms code, which is defined as “any merchant category code approved by the International Organization for Standardization for a firearms retailer, including Merchant Category Code 5723.”
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a New York Senate committee passed a bill that would end civil asset forfeiture in the state and replace it with a criminal process. Passage of the bill would also opt the state out of a program that allows police to circumvent more strict state forfeiture laws by passing cases off to the feds.
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Once they get new powers for one “emergency” or another - they don’t give them back, at least voluntarily. And even when they stop using them - it’s just until the next time.
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Titled the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, the law prohibits a financial institution operating in North Dakota from requiring or assigning a firearms code.
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the California Assembly passed a bill that would extend a temporary ban on police use of facial recognition and biometric scanners with police officer cameras for three more years.
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Fear leads to pessimism and inaction. And if we fail to act, they have already won.
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