NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 27, 2014) – An amended version of the Tennessee Fourth Amendment Protection Act which would end the use of unconstitutionally gathered data in state court passed out of a House subcommittee on Wednesday. HB1907, as filed, addressed all four areas of the OffNow Coalition’s Fourth Amendment Protection Act, banning both material support…
A bill that would prohibit Missouri from offering any material support to the NSA or other federal agencies engaging in warrantless mass surveillance passed out of committee today.
There is a positive aspect of nullification that many overlook: the financial benefit of states taking control of their own policy. We see a fantastic example of this in Colorado. Last year, state that thumbed it nose at the feds and legalized marijuana. Today, Colorado is beginning to reap the benefits of its decision to…
Via Derek Muller at Excess of Democracy, last week the Tenth Circuit found a guarantee clause claim justiciable. Here is the opinion in Kerr v. Hickenlooper, which is challenge to Colorado’s constitutional limits on the legislature’s power to tax. Additional thoughts from Garrett Epps at The Atlantic: Can the U.S. Government Declare a State Constitution “Un-Republican”? Previous thoughts on this case…
A Tennessee state senate bill that would ban law enforcement from obtaining cellphone location tracking information without a warrant has passed an important committee hurdle. Introduced by Sen. Mae Beavers, Senate Bill 2087 (SB2087) passed through the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday by a unanimous 6-0 vote. Once assigned to the schedule by the calendar and…
Refusing to concede defeat, Chumley and Bill Davis, along with 25 cosponsors, introduced H.4979 with identical language to the Davis amendment.
A bill to amend the Missouri state constitution to guarantee Missourians health care freedom and lay the groundwork for nullification efforts passed through committee and will go to the House for a full vote. House Joint Resolution 62 (HJR62) was introduced by Rep. Kurt Bahr (R-102) on Jan. 16. It passed through the House Health…
A bill has been introduced to protect the privacy rights of Louisianans from the unregulated use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) by government officials within the state. Senate Bill 330 (SB330) bans state officials from using drones to spy on Louisiana residents without a warrant. The bill also creates a civil recourse for victims of…
A huge part of the NSA debate has centered around metadata and whether or not it is an onerous violation of our rights for the government to collect the data about our data. Dianne Feinstein, Mike Rogers, Barack Obama and others would have you believe that it is no big deal. However, a recent study…
A Missouri bill to strictly limit drone use passed out of the state House on Monday by a vote of 109-44. It now moves on to the Senate for consideration.