The legislation would ban warrantless facial recognition surveillance in Montana in most situations, and would place general limits on the use of facial recognition technology by government agencies.
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Titled the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, the legislation would prohibit a financial institution operating in Texas from requiring or assigning a firearms code. A firearms code is defined as "any merchant category code approved by the International Organization for Standardization for a firearms retailer, including Merchant Category Code 5723."
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill to expand a current law banning state and local enforcement of federal gun control to specifically include certain federal taxes on firearms.
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The legislation would explicitly exclude a CBDC from the definition of money in Ohio, effectively banning its use as such in the state.
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If we're not to that point today, we're so close it's hard to tell the difference.
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DOVER, Del. (April 24, 2023) – On Sunday, two bills that together legalize marijuana for adult use and create a regulatory structure for cannabis commerce in the state became law without the governor’s signature despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition. Rep. Ed Osienski (D) was the chief sponsor of both House Bill 1 (HB1) and House […]
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Lysander Spooner, in his 1850 Defence for Fugitive Slaves, took apart the notion that the Constitution means what the courts tell us it means - until they change their minds.
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The legislation would replace the state’s civil asset forfeiture process with a criminal process requiring a criminal conviction before prosecutors could proceed with asset forfeiture in most cases.
The post Texas House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeiture and Opt State Out of Federal Program first appeared on Tenth Amendment Center.
I recently appeared on the Scott Horton Show to talk about opposition to Defend the Guard legislation.
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The bill simply states that “a financial institution may not require a firearms retailer in this state to use a firearms code that is different from that of a general transaction.”
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