COLUMBIA, SC., – May 1, 2014. A bipartisan bill which would ban law enforcement from obtaining cellphone location tracking information without a warrant passed the South Carolina House yesterday. The vote was 89-17. H4791 was introduced by Rep. Garry Smith (R-Greenville) and cosponsored by 39 other representatives, including the leadership of both parties. It reads, in…
On Jan. 6, SB828 was introduced by Sen. Ted Lieu (D-28) and Sen. Joel Anderson (R-36) to push back against mass surveillance by the NSA and other federal agencies. It passed through the Committee on Public Safety by a unanimous 6-0 vote. (learn about it here) It will now have to pass through the Appropriations…
Arizona like all of the 17 western states has been in a battle with the forest service and blm, over roads, trails , and two tracks with in their respective counties and states. Finally after years in fact decades, counties all across America are finally asserting their Constitutional authority in reclaiming their lands. Apache County […]
A bill that bans the state of Georgia from participating in significant portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unanimously was signed by Gov. Deal and goes into effect on July 1st of this year.
There’s a growing effort to get rid of the Electoral College in favor of the popular vote for president. Supporters are more than halfway to their goal. However, is it constitutional?
"The U.S. economy stalled out in Q1, as GDP rose at a 0.1% annual rate, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. But with other data showing rebounding growth in the spring, the Federal Reserve voted to taper its bond-buys by another $10 billion. The Fed's decision, widely expected, cited ongoing improvement in the economy. But as previously signaled, the central bank left interest rates untouched and pledged to keep policy easy as long as the economy remained shaky. Residential investment fell hard for a second straight quarter, and business fixed investment declined at a 5.5% rate. Both sectors were expected to help lead the economy in 2014." Continue reading →
"It has been five-and-a-half years since Lehman Brothers, AIG, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other casualties of the credit crisis imploded! We’ve been subjected to more than a half-decade of the Fed’s supposedly useful and appropriate medicine … Unlimited money printing. Zero percent interest rates. Gargantuan bank bailouts. Deliberate attempts to inflate stock and house prices. And for what? More than $3 TRILLION in extra padding on the Fed balance sheet doesn’t look like it’s done much for the broad economy. GDP grew just 0.1 percent in the first quarter. Even that dismal reading was propped up by a massive surge of $43.3 billion in health care spending tied to the Obamacare rollout." Continue reading →
Today, it is commonly accepted that the U.S. Supreme Court has the sole and final say as to whether or not a federal law is constitutional (after it winds through the lower federal courts). Recently, for example, the Court upheld the Affordable Care Act as constitutional under the auspices that the individual mandate is a tax. …
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April 30, 2014 – By a vote of 23-8 today, the Missouri state Senate passed an “emergency” bill that seeks to nullify virtually every federal gun control measure on the books, “whether past, present or future.” House Bill 1439 (HB1439), introduced by Rep. Doug Funderburk (R-St. Charles), previously passed the House by…
“A Tender to China — a Written Agreement Granting an Option to > Exercise Eminent Domain Within the U.S.A. as Collateral for China’s > Continued Purchase of U.S. Treasury Notes and Existing U.S. Currency > Reserves.” > > The attempted confiscation of the Bundy Ranch is just the beginning. > Gov. Rick Perry may or […]