Efforts to jump-start industrial hemp farming in Minnesota have failed because the state tied its program to federal regulations instead of ignoring federal prohibition and simply formulating its own policy to encourage hemp farming and nullify the feds’ ban in effect. Under the “Industrial Hemp Development Act,” passed by the state legislature in June, the…
HELENA, Mont. (Oct. 1, 2015) – Today, a law that will heavily diminish the impact of federal programs militarizing local police in Montana went into effect. Introduced by Rep. Nicholas Schwaderer (R-Superior), House Bill 330 (HB330) bans state or local law enforcement from receiving significant classes of military equipment from the Pentagon’s “1033 Program.” It…
The fear generated by media use of the words “government shutdown” is amazing. The hysteria peddlers using this terminology, and the media that purposely play to it, must know these two words emit such an extreme emotional response. It appears designed to frighten the least informed against the other political party, thus the terminology. It…
RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 30, 2015) – Patients facing life-threatening illnesses will have more treatment options open to them in North Carolina thanks to new a new law that tears down federal roadblocks that goes into effect Thursday. The new “Right to Try” law sets the state to nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
One of the great debates over the last few weeks has centered around Republican attempts to defund Planned Parenthood. he brouhaha started with the release of a series of undercover videos produced by anti-abortion activists that appeared to prove the organization sells fetal tissue. That prompted conservatives to call on Congress to defund Planned Parenthood.…
While nullification efforts should never focus or fixate on influencing politicians in D.C., they can certainly serve as a driving force for changes in federal policy – a desirable side-effect.
John Boehner: One criminal is leaving. But you cannot trust the next one either.
A bill introduced in Michigan last week would authorize marijuana to be taxed and regulated similar to alcohol, legalizing the plant, and effectively nullifying in practice the federal prohibition on the same. House Bill 4877 (HB4877) was introduced on Sept. 17 by Rep. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) along with six co-sponsors. If this bill is…
No. This is not the opening sentence of an Onion article. This actually happened.