Today, the Missouri House refused to concur with Senate amendments to HB1439, the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act. The bill passed the House by a vote of 110-41. It was passed by the Senate last week, amended, with a vote of 23-8. The Senate amendments were mostly technical. But they also added an “ineligibility clause” to…
When considering modern day nullification and interposition of federal laws (NSA spying, drones, gun control, healthcare, etc.), it benefits us to look at the opinions of two important founders. Although both were advocates of state nullification, each established a slightly different standard for the appropriate time to take this action, as reflected in the Kentucky…
In November, Arizona voters will vote on an amendment that would enshrine a process to resist unconstitutional federal overreach in the constitution of the Grand Canyon state. In an effort to end the illusion that “everything the federal government does is constitutional must be submitted to without question,” SCR1016 places language on the ballot that…
ST. PAUL, Min., – May 5, 2014. A bipartisan bill which would ban law enforcement from obtaining cellphone location tracking information without a warrant passed the Minnesota state house on Friday. The vote was 120-0. It previously passed the senate by a vote of 56-1. But since the house made technical amendments to the bill…
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…
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.
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 bipartisan bill which creates a mechanism to turn off resources to the NSA passed out of an important California state senate committee today. The vote was 5-0.
Which do you choose? Unlimited submission to nine unelected, unaccountable, politically-connected lawyers, or liberty through nullification?
House Bill 1647 (HB1647) was introduced on Jan. 29 by Rep. Mike Moon (R-157). The vote in the state house was 99-47 and the bill now moves on to the state senate for further consideration.