I recently spoke with ‘The Dignitary’ Jacob Isbell about the constitutionality of federal gun control legislation. A couple of noteworthy takeaways: Not only does the Constitution NOT give the feds the power to regulate or restrict firearms, the 2nd Amendment expressly prohibits them from doing so! By passing the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act, state legislatures…
In Colorado, a local credit union that provides financing for the fledgling marijuana industry is using the Tenth Amendment in its fight against discriminatory practices by the Federal Reserve. According to George Selgim at the Cato Institute, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has refused to grant a master account to The Fourth Corner…
Federal courts once again failed to protect Americans from ubiquitous NSA spying. On Friday, US District Judge T.S. Ellis III dismissed a suit against the NSA brought by the ACLU on behalf of Wikimedia, the parent company that publishes Wikipedia. The judge held the company lacks standing to sue because it cannot definitively prove the…
An ACLU lawsuit recently shined a bright spotlight on Arizona’s draconian asset forfeiture laws and has sparked calls for reform at the state level. But even the best efforts need to be wary of loopholes that allow forfeiture under federal programs. The lawsuit stems from a case involving a seized pickup truck belonging to Rhonda…
TALLAHASSEE, FL. (Oct 23, 2015) – Two bills recently filed in the Florida legislature would allow terminally ill patients access to medicinal marijuana, further nullifying in effect federal prohibition of cannabis. The legislation expands on a recently passed “right to try” law that effectively nullifies in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that…
The scam that is the republican establishment is summed up by this quote from Mitt Romney: “Without Tom pushing it, I don’t think we would have had Romneycare,” Romney said. “Without Romneycare, I don’t think we would have Obamacare. So, without Tom a lot of people wouldn’t have health insurance.” If your only choice is…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Oct. 22, 2015) – A bill under consideration in the Pennsylvania Senate would reform asset forfeiture laws to prohibit the state from taking property without a criminal conviction in most cases. The legislation also takes on federal forfeiture programs by banning prosecutors from circumventing state laws by passing cases off to the feds.…
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In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I tell you how we can limit federal power based on James Madison’s blueprint. The federal government exercises seemingly unlimited authority and inserts itself into virtually every area of our lives. But the feds were never meant to have this kind of power. As James Madison asserted…
Another sheriff has come out against unconstitutional federal gun control President Obama might decree, vowing to stymie enforcement through anti-commandeering. This time, it’s Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers in the state of Indiana, who declared on WNIT’sPolitically Speaking that he will “disregard” any executive orders Obama makes that require firearm registration. “If President Obama today…