The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions: Rooted in the Deep Soil of Liberty
Nullification is basic bread and butter contract theory: an injunction placed upon further breach.
Nebraska Law Expanding Health Freedom Now in Effect
LINCOLN, Neb. (July 20, 2016) – Today, a new law that will help facilitate healthcare freedom in Nebraska goes into effect. Sen. Merv Riepe (R-Omaha) introduced Legislative Bill 817 (LB817) back in January. The new law specifies that direct primary care agreements (sometimes called medical retainer agreements) do not constitute insurance, thereby freeing doctors and…
New Nebraska Law Taking on “Policing for Profit” Via Asset Forfeiture Now in Effect
LINCOLN, Neb. (July 20, 2016) – Today, civil asset forfeiture officially ends in Nebraska as reforms to asset forfeiture laws passed in the spring go into effect. Under the new law, the state can no longer take property without a criminal conviction. The legislation also takes on federal forfeiture programs by banning prosecutors from circumventing…
Moneyed Interests Want Feds to Undermine State Laws Regulating GMOs
Several states across the Union have chosen to legislate on genetically modified foods. But national food industry lobbyists and the members of Congress they fund in Washington D.C. cannot abide any deviation from central authority, including the independent legislation considered by nearly 30 states. The question of genetically modified organisms has been supported and opposed…
Signed by the Governor: Rhode Island Legalizes Hemp; Sets Foundation to Nullify Federal Prohibition in Practice
PROVIDENCE R.I. (July 18, 2016) – Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed a bill legalizing the production and processing of industrial hemp for commercial purposes in the state, setting the foundation to nullify federal prohibition in practice. A coalition of five Democrats introduced House Bill 8232 (H8232) on May 19. As introduced, the legislation would…
Obama Floats “Fixing” His Healthcare Plan with Obamacare 2.0
Recently, I reported on the unconstitutional Republican fix for unconstitutional Obamacare. Now it seems Obama himself has an unconstitutional fix for his unconstitutional Obamacare. While the so-called affordable care act has increased the level of insurance coverage in the country, it has utterly failed in one of Obama’s primary promises – that competition introduced through…
Nullification Goes Mainstream? “Right to Try” Amendment Accepted into GOP Platform
The Republican Party has put language into its party platform championing “Right to Try” laws that set the foundation to nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that deny access to experimental treatments by terminally ill patients. Last week, the Republican Party platform committee met in Cleveland to discuss a wide variety of…
Nursing Industry Proves We Don’t Need Feds to Regulate Everything
Americans have an obsession with centralizing regulatory functions in the federal government. Whether it be environmental, business or safety regulations, people reflexively turn to D.C. Most Americans believe only uniform dictates from the feds can adequately regulate various professions and industries. But the field of nursing proves this assumption wrong. In an article published on…
TSA: Turning Romantic Moments into Dystopian Nightmares
The federal government violates our rights on many levels. Some of those violations are relatively minor compared to more egregious infringements. Yet those smaller instances often vividly reveal of what has been lost on a greater level. An article on the early days of commercial aviation offers a visual description as to what Americans have…
State and Local Police Enabling FBI to Create Massive Iris Scan Database
An FBI program to collect iris scans and create a searchable database demonstrates how local law enforcement enables the federal surveillance state. According to documents uncovered by The Verge, the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department has collected at least 200,000 iris scans and submitted them to the FBI over the last two and a half years.…
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