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California lawmakers are pushing a bill that would exempt the state from federal laws authorizing indefinite detention of citizens.
The California Public Safety Committee voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of the California Liberty Preservation Act, which was introduced by Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly.
The bill passed the Democrat-controlled committee 6-0 with the support of a wide-ranging coalition that included the American Civil Liberties Union, Tenth Amendment Center, San Francisco 99% Coalition, San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the Libertarian Party of California.
Full Story: http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/12/california-bill-to-nullify-ndaa-unanimously-passes-committee/#ixzz2QRMqZ12NCalifornia lawmakers are pushing a bill that would exempt the state from federal laws... more
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Missouri (Reuters) - Missouri voters on Tuesday rejected the new U.S. healthcare bill, approving a measure that would forbid the federal government from penalizing people who do not buy health insurance.
With 78 percent of precincts reporting, 72.6 percent of voters supported the Health Care Freedom Act, also known as Proposition C, while 27.4 percent rejected it.
In approving the measure, Missouri won a victory in a series of planned assaults around the country against the sweeping reform, which was a major part of President Barack Obama's domestic agenda and became law in March.
The fight over the healthcare law -- and the individual mandate that requires individuals to have healthcare insurance -- is expected to be a major issue in the November congressional elections as Republicans plan to make repeal a major campaign theme against Democrats.
"Proposition C will be a boon to other states that are trying to repeal the individual mandate," said American Legislative Exchange Council task force director Christie Herrera. "Having that grassroots groundswell will give political courage to lawmakers."
The council helped draft the legislation in Missouri and in many other states.
The Missouri measure states that no rule or law can compel an individual or business to participate in any healthcare system, and prohibits laws that level penalties against people who do not buy health insurance.
Arizona and Oklahoma will have similar constitutional amendments on their November ballots to opt out of part or all of federal healthcare reforms.
MORE ACTION IN OTHER STATES
Similar initiatives are being pushed in several U.S. states by Republicans and groups who say the new healthcare law marks an unprecedented seizure of power by the federal government.
The effort was invigorated on Monday when a federal judge ruled that Virginia could proceed with a lawsuit that argues the federal requirement that its residents have health insurance is unconstitutional. Some 20 other states have made a similar legal challenge.
Experts said because federal law typically supersedes state laws, the state efforts could ultimately be largely symbolic, although it is likely the debate will make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ethan Rome, executive director of Health Care for America Now, which backs U.S. reform, said the measure in Missouri is more about Republicans trying to regain power than about healthcare.
"The Missouri vote is nothing more than a Republican straw poll with no legal force and it certainly isn't about healthcare," Rome said.
The federal penalty provision of the healthcare reform law does not take effect until 2014, and the Obama administration has said tax credits, subsidies and other measures will help those who cannot afford to buy insurance.
The passage of the Missouri measure angered the Missouri Hospital Association, which spent about $400,000 to try to defeat the act. The group warned voters that not requiring health insurance for all would continue to push healthcare costs higher as uninsured people tap resources.
"It will certainly be a matter for the courts to decide," said Missouri Hospital Association spokesman Dave Dillon. " But the message they send by their vote could be one that is costly to them."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67308Y20100804Missouri (Reuters) - Missouri voters on Tuesday rejected the new U.S. healthcare bill,... more
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At Sunday’s Tenth Amendment Forum in Woodland Hills, US Senate candidate Chuck DeVore and Tenth Amendment Center founder Michael Boldin delivered speeches on state sovereignty and the Tenth Amendment.
DeVore explained why politicans must stand behind the constitution with consistency, even when they disagree with the social policy that might result.
Boldin covered nullification- in particular his new Federal Health Care Nullification Act, one of the many offerings available to legislators at tenthamendmentcenter.com.
http://california.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/04/chuck-devore-michael-boldin-talk-state-sovereignty/At Sunday’s Tenth Amendment Forum in Woodland Hills, US Senate candidate Chuck... more
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Just think of it as No Federal HEMP control on your State
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Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of NORML - the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws discusses the unconstitutional nature of the war on marijuana, the history of marijuana prohibition in the U.S., the commerce clause as a federal excuse to regulate and prohibit various activities, 13 states that are directly resisting unconstitutional federal laws, a rare 10th amendment victory in the Supreme Court, the growth of taxes on marijuana into outright federal control and prohibition, a state-level strategy to rein in the federal government, and his new book, Marijuana is Safer - So Why are We Driving People to Drink?Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of NORML - the National Organization for the Reform of... more
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(CNN) – The Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act's ("DOMA's") definition of marriage as "only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife."
Massachusetts, which legalized same-sex marriages in 2004, claims that the federal definition violates its authority under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution to define marriage as it sees fits.(CNN) – The Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit filed in federal court... more
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If you support Gay Marriage, maybe you had better take a look at the Tenth Amendment as a strategy to remove the Federal policy which defines marriage as an opposite sex union.If you support Gay Marriage, maybe you had better take a look at the Tenth Amendment... more
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Oregon writes bill to assert 10th amendment rights; urges federal government to "cease and desist imposing mandates that are beyond the scope of those powers expressly delegated by the Constitution of the United States to the federal government…"Oregon writes bill to assert 10th amendment rights; urges federal government to... more
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"Someday, we may have to make this decision for ourselves."
The day draws very nigh."Someday, we may have to make this decision for ourselves."
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“We are telling the federal government that we are a sovereign state and want to be treated as such. We are not a branch of the federal government,” that from Arizona state Rep. Judy Burges. And more and more state legislators and state legislatures are expressing the very same feelings. And they are doing something about it.
A state senator in Oklahoma, Randy Brogdan, has introduced a resolution that would enable his state to “reclaim its 10th Amendment right to reject any and all acts of Congress that go beyond its enumerated powers in violation of the 10th Amendment.” ...“We are telling the federal government that we are a sovereign state and want to... more
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The recently passed “spendulous bill”, full of unfunded mandates that will ultimately demand funds from already beleaguered state budgets, has caused state governments across the nation to finally say, “Enough!”.
The Tenth Amendment states:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
James Madison reiterated this ideology in The Federalist Papers:
The powers delegated to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the state governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, [such] as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce. The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people.The recently passed “spendulous bill”, full of unfunded mandates that will... more
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