My Trip to Court and the Stories Cops Tell
Basically, police want to operate with no limits. No oversight. No accountability.
Speaking Truth on the History of “States’ Rights” and Slavery
Most people’s political convictions resemble those of Captain Renault from the classic film Casablanca; it blows with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be not entirely hostile to states’ rights. But that will likely change. That’s why it’s important that the myths used to smear and tarnish a noble ideology by equating it…
California Committee Approves Measure to Help End Unchecked Police Surveillance, Establish More Local Control
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 23, 2018) – Last week, a California Senate committee passed a bill that would increase oversight and transparency of law enforcement surveillance technology. Passage of the bill would take the first step toward limiting the unchecked use of surveillance technologies that violate basic privacy rights and feed into a broader national surveillance…
Illinois Action Alert: Help Stop Local Police Militarization
HB4286 will need to be moved from the Rules Committee to the House floor.
South Carolina Committee Approves Measure to Legalize Medical Marijuana; Set Foundation to Nullify Federal Prohibion
COLUMBIA, S.C. (April 20, 2018) – Yesterday, a South Carolina House committee passed a bill that would legalize medical marijuana for qualifying patients in the state, setting the foundation to nullify unconstitutional federal cannabis prohibition in practice. A bipartisan coalition introduced House Bill 3521 (H3521) last year and it carried over to the 2018 session. The legislation…
After More than Two Centuries, the Spirit of the Sedition Act Lives On
In 1798, President John Adams signed a bill into law criminalizing speech critical of the federal government. Today, the feds take a more subtle approach to controlling speech, but the spirit of the Sedition Act lives on. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts.…
California Committee Passes Bill Taking on Federal Militarization of Local Police
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 20, 2018) – On Wednesday, a California Assembly committee passed a bill that would require law enforcement agencies in the state to get local governmental approval before acquiring or using military equipment. Passage of the bill into law would set the stage to limit federal programs that militarize local police. Asm. Todd Gloria…
Marijuana: A Nullification Success Story
Tenth Amendment Center national communications director Michael Maharrey appeared on Real News with David Knight to about the granddaddy of nullification efforts - weed.
Unconstitutional: The War Powers Resolution of 1973
Under the Constitution, the president has no authority to declare war, even if Congress tries to delegate that power to the executive branch.
Was Marbury v. Madison Good for American Government?
Take any American history or political science course and you are certain to talk about the landmark Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison. I could probably also surmise that you will be told this is precisely the role the Constitution gave the judicial branch. That, of course, would be wrong, but this would be…
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