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Michigan Bill Would Set Foundation to End Unconstitutional National Guard Deployments

Titled the Defend the Guard Act, the legislation would prohibit the governor from releasing the Michigan National Guard or any member thereof into “active duty combat” unless Congress has passed an official declaration of war or has taken an official action under article I, § 8, clause 15 of the Constitution to explicitly call forth the state militia to execute the laws of the United States, repel an invasion, or suppress an insurrection.

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Signed as Law: Idaho Expands Raw Milk Sales in the State

The new law simplifies current state law on herd share agreements for the acquisition of raw milk and removes limits on the number of animals allowed in a shared herd. It also eliminates some of the current regulations on farms hosting shared herds.

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Kentucky Law Bans Enforcement of Some Federal Gun Control, Including Pistol Brace Rule

The law prohibits Kentucky law enforcement agencies, local governments, and public agencies from adopting a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity enforces, assists in the enforcement of, or otherwise cooperates in a “federal ban” on firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessory. It also prohibits the expenditure of public funds for the same.

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A Positive and Hopeful Sign in the Banking Crisis

I consider the withdrawal or transfer of those deposits in the face of all those assurances of the “soundness and resiliency” of the banking system to be a very positive and hopeful sign. It indicates that perhaps a large number of Americans are no longer sheeplings that place their blind trust in the fox.

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Texas Bill Would Stop Warrantless License Plate Tracking

The legislation would prohibit law enforcement agencies from using ALPRs without a warrant or court order. Images and any related data produced from an ALPR operated by a law enforcement agency could only be used "for the purpose of investigating a criminal offense that is a violent offense as defined in Article 17.50(a)(3), Code of Criminal Procedure.

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Nevada Bill Would Require Criminal Conviction Before Asset Forfeiture and Take a Step to Opt Out of Federal Program

SB337 would also take a step toward opting Nevada out of a federal program that allows state and local police to get around more strict state asset forfeiture laws.

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New Jersey Bill Would Take Small Step Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money

A bill introduced in the New Jersey Assembly would exempt gold and silver bullion coins from state sales and use taxes.

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Missouri Committee Holds Hearing on “Anti-Red Flag Gun Seizure Act”

the legislation would prohibit any city, county, or state official from enforcing any federal act “purporting to implement or enforce” an extreme risk protective order.

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Alabama Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act Takes Steps Against Merchant Code Surveillance

Concern about the misuse of firearms databases isn’t just paranoia. The Taliban has reportedly used a firearm ownership database created by the U.S. government to track down gun owners and confiscate firearms in Afghanistan. This goes to show that even if you trust the people creating the database, it can fall into the wrong hands. In other words, the very existence of a database is a danger.

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Treasury Secretary Battle: Gallatin vs Yellen (and everyone else?)

They sure don’t make Secretaries of the Treasury like they used to. That becomes obvious the moment you compare the views of Albert Gallatin - who served under both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison - vs Janet Yellen - or anyone else in modern times, for that matter.

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