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Florida 2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act Signed as Law

he 2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act prohibits a payment settlement entity, merchant acquiring entity, or a third-party settlement organization from assigning a merchant category code or otherwise classifying a merchant that is a seller of firearms or ammunition separately from general merchandise retailers or sporting goods retailers.

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Florida Senate Passes Bill to Ban use of a CBDC as Money in the State

By a vote of 34-5, the Florida Senate passed a bill to ban the use of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as money in the state.

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Minnesota House Passes Bill to Legalize Marijuana Despite Federal Prohibition

Under the bill as approved by the House, a person over 21 would be allowed to possess up to two ounces of marijuana in public and 1.5 pounds at home, with lower limits for cannabis concentrates (8 grams) or THC edibles (800 milligrams of THC). It would also allow members of the public to home grow up to eight plants.

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Florida Senate Passes Bill to Prohibit Using Credit Card Information to Track Firearms Purchases

The 2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act would prohibit a payment settlement entity, merchant acquiring entity, or a third-party settlement organization from assigning a merchant category code or otherwise classifying a merchant that is a seller of firearms or ammunition separately from general merchandise retailers or sporting goods retailers.

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Arizona Senate Passes Defend the Guard Act

Titled the Defend the Guard Act, the legislation would prohibit the governor from releasing any unit or member of the Arizona National Guard into “active duty combat” unless specific constitutional requirements are met

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Oklahoma House Committee Passes Bill Banning Enforcement of Future Federal Gun Control

The legislation would add some much-needed updates to a “Second Amendment Sanctuary” law enacted in 2021 that – in practice – created a sanctuary for absolutely nothing.

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Articles of Confederation: An Introduction

March 1, 1781 - the Second Continental Congress put into effect the Articles of Confederation as the law of the land, making it the first Constitution for the United States. The Articles have been mostly thrown in the dustbin of history, but doing so skips over essential, foundational principles of the Founders and Old Revolutionaries.

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Amendments to California Fourth Amendment Protection Act Needed to Give It Effect

It's difficult to come up with a scenario in which the law as chaptered would have any practical effect. That’s not to say there isn’t one, but it would become operative only in a very narrow range of circumstances. The California legislature can make a few simple fixes to the law to give it practical effect.

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Today in History: Patrick Henry Inaugurated as Virginia’s 1st Governor

The event marked the first time in history where a republican governor took office under a constitution written and ratified by representatives of the people.

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