Defining Nullification
Nullification does NOT rely on federal courts overturning a federal law. And sometimes states win even when federal courts are against them.
Some Presidential Actions are “Unreviewable?”
I haven’t gotten too involved in the so-called “travel ban” executive order – as TAC has been up to our ears in our work on other projects. However, I was just reading the Ninth Circuit’s order affirming the temporary restraining order and was struck – dead in my tracks – by this: The Government contends…
Federal Judge Sides with Federal Court Precedent Against Gun Rights in Kansas
Federal Judge Thomas Marten sentenced Shane Cox and Jeremy Kettler February 6, 2017.
States are not Required to Help the Federal Government
TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and read the full transcript at this link. Even though the Supreme Court often gets things wrong on the Constitution, the Prigg case has not only stood the test of time, it has helped cement James Madison’s advice that states and individuals should…
A Rare 10th Amendment Victory in the Federal Courts, But it’s Far from Over
The Supreme Court today announced that it won’t hear the Oklahoma/Nebraska anti-10th Amendment lawsuit against Colorado’s marijuana market. From USA Today The Supreme Court refused Monday to referee a simmering dispute between Colorado and two neighboring states over the cross-border impact of marijuana legalization, heartening legalization advocates who feared the high court could have rolled back…
Federal Judge: Government “Special Needs” Trump Fourth Amendment
According to at least one federal judge, warrantless bulk collection of phone data belonging to you and every American fits nicely within the parameters of the Fourth Amendment. In other words, this federal government employee agrees with the federal government that it has the power and authority to collect your phone records, in mass, with…
Federal Government Fails to Limit the Federal Government and Protect Privacy…Again
It seems more and more apparent that all of the people waiting for federal courts to protect their privacy will decay into cobweb covered skeletons before the courts actually limit the power of the federal surveillance state. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected what Reuters called “a test case on privacy in the digital…
The Federal Government Fails to Stop Federal Spying. Again
Federal courts once again failed to protect Americans from ubiquitous NSA spying. On Friday, US District Judge T.S. Ellis III dismissed a suit against the NSA brought by the ACLU on behalf of Wikimedia, the parent company that publishes Wikipedia. The judge held the company lacks standing to sue because it cannot definitively prove the…
The Muzzling of Free Speech in America
“If the freedom of speech be taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” -George Washington The architects of the American police state must think we’re idiots. With every passing day, we’re being moved further down the road towards a totalitarian society characterized by government censorship, violence, corruption,…
Ruling Shows Federal Courts Can’t be Trusted to Stop the Surveillance State
WASHINGTON (Aug. 30, 2015) – On Friday, a federal court overturned a lower court decision and quashed a lawsuit brought against an NSA bulk surveillance program by a conservative activist and civil-liberties groups. The ruling demonstrates the near impossibility of stopping the NSA through legal action. A three-judge D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel determined…