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Maine Bill Would Take Step Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money

A bill introduced in the Maine House would create a sales tax exemption on the sale of gold and silver bullion. Passage into law would relieve some of the tax burdens on investors and eliminate one barrier to using gold and silver in everyday transactions, a foundational step for people to undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money.

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To the Governor: Tennessee Passes Bill to Authorize State Gold and Silver Reserves

The legislation would authorize the state treasurer to “purchase and sell gold or precious metal bullion or specie that will be directly owned by the state.”

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Maryland House Passes Bill Regulating Adult-Use Marijuana Despite Ongoing Federal Cannabis Prohibition

the Maryland House passed a bill to create a regulatory structure for commercial marijuana cultivation and sales despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition.

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Texas Bill Would Make Gold and Silver Legal Tender in the State

The legislation would establish “specie issued by the United States” as legal tender in the state, making it receivable in payment of all public and private debts contracted for in the state of Texas.

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To the Governor: West Virginia Bill Would Prohibit Using Credit Card Information to Track Firearms Purchases Without a Warrant

The legislation would prohibit any West Virginia governmental entity from accessing or obtaining a record of a transaction involving a credit card that is retrieved, characterized, generated, labeled, sorted, or grouped based on the assignment of a firearms code without a warrant or a subpoena in most situations.

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How to Respond to Unconstitutional Acts

What most people try as a strategy to stop federal power has nothing to do what the founders told us needed to be done. Here’s a hint - it’s not about trying to convince the federal government to stop doing what the federal government wasn’t supposed to be doing in the first place.

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Illinois Bill Would Legalize Psilocybin Despite Federal Prohibition

Last week, an Illinois House committee held a hearing on a bill that would legalize the possession of “magic mushrooms” despite the ongoing federal prohibition of psilocybin. The passage of the bill would set the stage to nullify federal prohibition in practice and effect.

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Arkansas Bill Would Ban “Material Support or Resources” for Warrantless Federal Surveillance

A bill introduced in the Arkansas House would ban “material support or resources” for warrantless federal surveillance programs. 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.

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