Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. We recommend starting with the article “Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide” which includes links to all other… more

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The State of Nebraska Has YOUR Medical Records: Next Up…the Feds

As I work on completing publication of the series of articles on the subject of nullification, it’s important that we move back towards dealing with the health care issue. I’m starting with a subject no one is talking about when they talk about “stopping Obamacare”…medical records technology, and how the government is commandeering those medical [...]

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Nullification: Are State Level Officials Really Opposed to Federal Encroachment?

This is Part 4 in an ongoing series about a the concept of nullification by states; the idea that individual states can declare a federal law or regulation unconstitutional and, therefore, refuse to implement it. See FOOTNOTE section for links to Parts 1 -3 and additional supporting information. 1  My prior opinion, that nullification is a [...]

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Nullification Measures Not Stopping Health Care Implementation (Think Idaho)

This is an ongoing series about the issue of nullification. For Part 1, click HERE. For Part 2, click HERE. Idaho may be the best example of an action by a state to nullify the health care law. Both houses of the State Legislature passed and Governor Otter signed into law a measure which many [...]

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