Model Legislation – Tenth Amendment Center The following are Tenth Amendment Center model bills and resolutions which are intended to reaffirm the proper role of government under the Constitution. Activists, we encourage you to send them to your state senators and representatives – and ask them to introduce the legislation in your state. More model …
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State Nullification – by TomWoods.com What Is It? State nullification is the idea that the states can and must refuse to enforce unconstitutional federal laws. Says Who? Says Thomas Jefferson, among other distinguished Americans. His draft of the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 first introduced the word “nullification” into American political life, and follow-up resolutions in …
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DailyTeaParty.com March 24, 2011 The Tea Party / Freedom Movement Phil Moffett, Republican from Kentucky is seeking his party’s nomination for the race for governor with a platform of State’s Rights, “ask the feds to stop trespassing on Kentucky.” and “…getting the feds out of our back yard.” Phil’s running mate, Mike Harmon, is a …
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The Daily Bell examines how the European elite continues its efforts to centralize all power in the bureaucratic, unelected, undemocratic and obviously elite controlled, European Union. Tea Partiers and US’ Freedom Movement would do well to learn the lessons here. Ireland, a small sovereign state, might give the European Union a run for their power by …
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The 10th Amendment Nullification Movement Tenth Amendment Center “If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions’ authors (Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectively), it will continue to grow – regardless of elections, the separation of powers, and other much-touted limits on government …
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Know Your States’ Rights Posted by Bill Miller at secessionnews.com This article by Jeff Taylor on AmConMag.com. … The balance between the Supremacy Clause and the Tenth Amendment was maintained while each level of government stuck to its constitutionally proper areas of concern. But gradually federal power intruded into areas formally—and formerly—reserved to the states. Beginning …
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Ian Cioffi is dividing the Liberty movement with his website, www.patriotpolls.com! He must be stopped. Campaign managers are at odds. Conservatives and Libertarians have their panties in a wad. Anarchist and Agorist are butting heads. The newest poll pits the leader of Liberty-candidates.org, Gigi Bowman, versus Tom Woods, the author of such esteemed books as …
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10th Amendment Center Alien And Sedition Acts First, the Alien and Sedition Acts – these are the acts which prompted the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutionsin 1798. Interestingly, although these acts led to the resolutions which establish the theoretical basis for nullification and interposition, the ultimate remedy to these acts came when the people changed the power-brokers in …
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Interposition, Nullification and Popular Resistance TenthAmendmentCenter.com by Derek Sheriff Earlier this year, I wrote an article titled, A Bright Idea: Less Litigation and More Interposition. The main point of my article was to persuade people that lawsuits and battles in federal court were an ineffective and wasteful substitute for interposition or nullification in the battle against federal usurpation. However, …
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< Texas legislators take aim at federal government Posted Tuesday, Dec. 07, 2010 BY ANNA M. TINSLEY star-telegram.com Gov. Rick Perry apparently isn’t the only one fed up with Washington. More than a half-dozen state lawmakers have filed measures to try to limit the federal government’s ability to dictate what happens in Texas. These bills …
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by Bob Unruh, World Net Daily Posted 4 Dec 2010 Texans take their rights seriously. A bill that has been prefiled for the 2011 state legislative session creates penalties of up to $5,000 in fines and up to five years in jail for anyone guilty of the “felony” of attempting “to enforce an act, order, …
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MCCUTCHEN: THE TSA & THE PUSSYFICATION OF AMERICA federalobserver.com The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been anointed with more power than the “divine right of kings”. Americans are divided in their tepid thoughts regarding another attack on amendments 1, 2, 4, & 10. Those that are in sync with the activities of the TSA are …
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Stop Worrying about Words on Paper TenthAmendmentCenter.com by Jeff Matthews A recurring debate always arises when critics argue with proponents over the language included in various state-level nullification resolutions and bills. They argue over whether certain provisions are lacking, improper, will not be effective, etc. I, too, criticize such language from time to time. It …
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The Lone Star State’s Opportunity tenthamendmentcenter.com by Michael Maharrey Texas has the opportunity to take matters into its own hands. Opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with its embedded health insurance mandates, has stirred a widespread revival of interest in the Tenth Amendment and state sovereignty issues. The passage of the health …
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www.DailyTeaParty.com Boris in Miami – November 17, 2010 The Freedom Movement Can Add Another Notch to its Belt. It Has United to Take the TSA Down and Restore the 4th Amendment Pilot Michael Roberts wasn’t the first person with sufficient self respect and principle to stand up to the police state tactics of the federal …
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Liberty Candidate, Cisse Spragins, Speaks Out against Body Scanners youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCqoDL3cXX4 Adam VS The Man with Adam Kokesh Naked Body Scan or Pat Down youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmvpAzm_j5Q&feature=related Robert Broadus I think there is something not being discussed here, which is that the Federal Gov’t should not be conducting security for private airlines. The very existence of the TSA shows …
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Tenth Amendment Center by Derek Sheriff TenthAmendmentCenter.com On Friday night the Marijuana Policy Projectreported: “Although there are still about 10,000 votes left to be counted, our lead of more than 4,000 votes makes us 100 percent confident in announcing… Arizona is now the 15th medical marijuana state! This fall, more than 1.7 million Arizona voters mailed …
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Lawmakers Discussing Dropping Health Care Program by Emily Ramshaw November 6, 2010 graphic by: Jacob Villanueva texastribune.org Some Republican lawmakers — still reveling in Tuesday’s statewide election sweep — are proposing an unprecedented solution to the state’s estimated $25 billion budget shortfall: dropping out of the federal Medicaid program. Far-right conservatives are offering that possibility in post-victory …
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Mises Daily: Friday, October 29, 2010 by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Having just finished a course on the New Deal for the Mises Academy, I’m now offering one on state nullification, the subject of my most recent book. I thought my New Deal course covered issues and sources left out of the typical classroom, but in that respect …
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You are encouraged to visit my constitutional sites: http://constitution.org http://constitutional.blogspot.com And of course, my campaign site for Texas Attorney General: http://jonroland.org These sites have links to many other sites and pages of mine.
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www.dailyteaparty.com Boris in Miami -October 1st, 2010 In another great stride for Nullification and State sovereignty from the federal government, California has decriminalized the possession of 28 gr of marijuana or less. Governor Schwarzenegger sites budget restraints and lack of resources as his reasoning for signing this law. Nullification is one of the greatest weapons …
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TenthAmendmentCenter | September 19, 2010 Randy Brogdon, State Senator from Oklahoma, speaks on the topic of states rights, the 10th Amendment and nullification at the Nullify Now! conference (http://www.nullifynow.com) in Fort Worth, TX on September 4, 2010. The event was sponsored by the Tenth Amendment Center (http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com) and WeRefuse (http://www.werefuse.com) video courtesy of The Foundation …
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