Michael Boldin and Michael Maharrey talk about how the feds have actually expanded the unconstitutional surveillance state since the Edward Snowden revelations, and how states are fighting back against Big Brother.
TRENTON, N.J. (Jun. 18, 2018) – Two bills filed in the New Jersey Senate would legalize marijuana, setting the foundation to nullify federal cannabis prohibition in effect in the state. Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) introduced Senate Bill 2702 (S2702) and Senate Bill 2703 (S2703) on Jun. 7. Both bills would permit adults 21 or older…
A popular myth in the national gun debate is that Republicans are rabid Second Amendment supporters, while gun grabbers are strictly confined to the Democrat Party. The unpleasant reality is that members of the Grand Old Party and even conservative “gun rights” organizations have supported unconstitutional federal legislation infringing on our right to keep and…
"This is a flagrant disregard for the Constitution’s separation of powers by “basically letting the president declare war on a person or group or country or government”
"It will not, I presume, have escaped observation, that it expressly confines this supremacy to laws made pursuant to the Constitution."
LANSING, Mich. (June 17, 2018) – A new law banning “material support or resources” for warrantless federal surveillance programs went into effect in Michigan. This is an essential step every state needs to take at a time when the federal government seems unlikely to ever end unconstitutional spying on its own. Rep. Martin Howrylak (R-Troy) introduced…
Attorney General Sessions has told us repeatedly that federal laws are to be enforced no matter what. And if you don’t like it, wait for congress to repeal, or the federal courts to overturn the law in question. But the principle author of the Declaration of Independence disagreed. In response to the Sedition Act of…
Tellingly, the event spurred patriots in the other colonies to sympathize with the plight of New Englanders.
Federal law mandates that all U.S. schools must effectively operate as gun-free zones. Could this unconstitutional federal law actually be putting our children in greater danger? If so, what can we do about it? The recent shooting in Santa Fe, Texas began another round of talk from both Democrats and Republicans on gun control. What…
DOVER, Del. (June 14, 2018) – Yesterday, the Delaware Senate unanimously passed a bill that would create a process to expunge the sentences of people charged under the state’s marijuana laws prior to decriminalization. Passage into law would take another step toward nullifying federal marijuana prohibition in effect in Delaware. Sen. Gregory Lavelle (R-Sharpley) and…