Bill Filed in Kentucky Senate Would Set Foundation to End Unconstitutional National Guard Deployments

Titled the Defend the Guard Act, under the proposed law, the Kentucky governor could not release the state’s National Guard units into “active duty combat” unless the federal government has satisfied any outstanding balance to the Kentucky National Guard and Congress has “passed an official declaration of war or taken official action pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15 of the United States Constitution to explicitly call forth the Kentucky National Guard and any member of the Guard for enumerated purposes to expressly execute the laws of the Commonwealth, repel invasion, or suppress insurrections.”

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Colorado Republicans Kill Bill to Close Federal Asset Forfeiture Loophole

DENVER, Colo. (March 21, 2017) – A Republican controlled Colorado Senate committee killed a bill that would have closed an asset forfeiture loophole that allows state and local police to circumvent more stringent state asset forfeiture laws. Despite bipartisan sponsorship, Senate Bill 136 (SB136) failed to advance out of the Senate Committee on Judiciary by a…

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Colorado Bill Would Close Federal Asset Forfeiture Loophole in Most Situations

DENVER Colo. (Feb. 3, 2017) – A bill introduced in the Colorado Senate would close a loophole that allows state and local police to circumvent more stringent state asset forfeiture laws by passing cases off to the feds. A bipartisan coalition of four senators introduced Senate Bill 136 (SB136) on Jan. 31. The legislation primarily…

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