Received last week, this rambling, mostly-incoherent email is – unfortunately – pretty common. It’s got some spicy language, but is still worth the read. Government-run schooling at its finest. Hi, guys! Your group is not a defender of anything other than paranoid, middle aged white guys. You wouldn’t know the U.S. Constitution from a Chinese takeout menu.…
“British visitors to the US may be asked for social media usernames and passwords and their phone’s address book under new border checks being considered at US airports. The Trump administration is considering ‘extreme vetting’ scenarios in which even tourists from US allies such as the UK, France and Germany are subject to intense security checks, according to the Wall Street Journal. ‘We will do it when we think there’s a reason to do it,’ US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told a US Senate committee hearing last week.” Continue reading →
PHOENIX, Ariz. (April 13, 2017) – Yesterday, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill into law reforming the state’s civil asset forfeiture laws. The bill also takes on federal forfeiture programs by banning prosecutors from circumventing state laws by passing cases off to the feds in most situations. Rep. Eddie Farnsworth (R-Gilbert) introduced House Bill…
JUNEAU, Alaska (April 12, 2017) – On Monday, the Alaska House unanimously passed a bill that would set the foundation to nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that deny access to experimental treatments by terminally ill patients. Rep. Jason Grenn (I-Anchorage) introduce House Bill 43 (HB43) in January. The legislation would…
These days, a lot of people who were previously supportive – have abandoned any support for federalism, the 10th Amendment, and the Constitution more generally – in favor of centralized power to stop what they see as a crisis of immigration. They blame states or localities for the problem, but is that the right approach?…
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (April 12, 2017) – Yesterday, the Indiana Senate gave final approval to a bill that would help facilitate healthcare freedom and set the stage to nullify national healthcare in practice in the state Sen. Eric Koch (R) sponsored Senate Bill 303 (SB303). The legislation specifies that direct primary care agreements (sometimes called medical…
DENVER, Colo. (April 12, 2017) – Yesterday, the Colorado Senate gave final approval a bill that would help facilitate healthcare freedom in the state. A bipartisan coalition of two representatives and two senators sponsored House Bill 1115 (HB1115). The legislation specifies that direct primary care agreements (sometimes called medical retainer agreements) do not constitute insurance,…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (April 12, 2017) – Today, the Washington Senate unanimously passed a bill that would remove industrial hemp from the state’s “controlled substances” list. If signed by the governor, the law would set the stage for people in the Evergreen State to nullify federal prohibition of the plant in practice. Rep. Matt Shea (R-Spokane…