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State
Marijuana Laws
An honest reading of the Constitution with an original understanding
of the Founders and Ratifiers makes it quite clear that the federal
government has no constitutional authority to override state laws
on marijuana. All three branches of the federal government, however,
have interpreted (and re-interpreted) the commerce clause of the
Constitution to authorize them to engage in this activity, even
though there's supposedly no "legal" commerce in the plant. At
best, these arguments are dubious; at worst an intentional attack
on the Constitution and your liberty.
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TSA
In response to increased "security" measures forced upon
the people at airports around the country – naked body scanners,
"enhanced pat downs," and more, legislation is being proposed
to protect the right of the people to be secure in "their
persons, houses, papers, and effects."
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NDAA:
Liberty Preservation Act
"the Legislature finds that the enactment into law by the
United States Congress of Sections 1021 and 1022 of the
National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, Public Law Number
112-81, is inimical to the liberty, security and well-being
of the people of (STATE), and was adopted by the United
States Congress in violation of the limits of federal power
in United States Constitution"
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Health
Care Freedom Act
The Health Care Freedom Act is considered in states as either
a bill or a state constitutional amendment – effectively
prohibiting the enactment of any new government-run healthcare
programs within the state.
While many of the bills have language similar to true nullification
legislation, many of them are promoted solely as a vehicle
to drive a federal court battle – which is not nullification
in its true sense.
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Food
Freedom Act
The Food Freedom Act is commonly considered a direct response
to the "Food Safety and Modernization Act" from Washington D.C.
The FFA declares that food grown and produced in state, when sold
in state are beyond the authority of Congress under its constitutional
power to regulate commerce among the states. The FFA is primarily
a Tenth Amendment challenge to the powers of Congress under the
commerce clause, with food as the object.
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Intrastate
Commerce Act
As understood at the time of the founding, the regulation
of commerce was meant to empower Congress to regulate the
buying and selling of products made by others (and sometimes
land), associated finance and financial instruments, and
navigation and other carriage, across state jurisdictional
lines. These bills attempt to reassert this original meaning
of the commerce clause over wide areas of policy and effectively
nullify federal laws and regulations that violate such limitations
by regulating commerce and other activities that are solely
intrastate.
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Health
Care Nullification Act
The Health Care Nullification Act declares that "the federal
law known as the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act," signed by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010,
is not authorized by the Constitution of the United States
and violates its true meaning and intent as given by the
Founders and Ratifiers, and is hereby declared to be invalid,
shall not be recognized, is specifically rejected, and shall
be considered null and void and of no effect."
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Constitutional
Tender
The United States Constitution declares, in Article I, Section
10, "No State shall… make any Thing but gold and silver
Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts." Constitutional Tender
laws seek to nullify federal legal tender laws in the state
by authorizing payment in gold and silver or a paper note
backed 100% by gold or silver,
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Firearms
Freedom Act
Originally introduced and passed in Montana, the FFA declares
that any firearms made and retained in-state are beyond
the authority of Congress under its constitutional power
to regulate commerce among the states. The FFA is primarily
a Tenth Amendment challenge to the powers of Congress under
the commerce clause, with firearms as the object. (source,
FirearmsFreedomAct.com)
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10th
Amendment Resolutions
These non-binding resolutions, often called "state sovereignty
resolutions" do not carry the force of law. Instead, they
are intended to be a statement of the legislature of the
state. They play an important role, however. If you owned
an apartment building and had a tenant not paying rent,
you wouldn't show up with an empty truck to kick them out
without first serving notice. That's how we view these Resolutions
– as serving "notice and demand" to the Federal Government
to "cease and desist any and all activities outside the
scope of their constitutionally-delegated powers." Follow-up,
of course, is a must.
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REAL
ID Act
Led by Maine in early 2007, 25 states over the past 2 years
have passed resolutions and binding laws denouncing and
refusing the implement the Bush-era law which many expressed
concerned about privacy, funding and more. While the law
is still on the books in D.C., its implementation has been
"delayed" numerous times in response to this massive state
resistance, and in practice, is virtually null and void.
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Defend
the Guard
Under the Constitution, the militia (now called the National
Guard) may only be called into duty by the federal government
in three specific situations. According to Article I, Section
8; Clause 15, the Congress is given the power to pass laws
for "calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the
Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions." The
militia was intended by the Founders and Ratifiers to be
defense force and nothing more. Deployments outside the
country were not considered, and neither were internal deployments
in pursuance of powers that were not delegated to the federal
government. Congress has passed numerous laws in the past
100 years giving the federal government additional authority
not mentioned in the Constitution. But, without amendment,
altering the enumerated powers by legislative fiat is, in
and of itself, unconstitutional. Campaigns in states around
the country are working to reassert the authority of governors
over guard troops.
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Sheriffs
First Legislation
A "Sheriffs First" bill would make it a state crime for
any federal agent to make an arrest, search, or seizure
within the state without first getting the advanced, written
permission of the elected county sheriff of the county in
which the event is to take place.
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Cap
and Trade/EPA
Cap and Trade and EPA regulations and acts are often claimed
to be authorized under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
At best, this is a highly dubious claim. This interstate
regulation of "commerce" did not include agriculture, manufacturing,
mining, or land use. Nor did it include activities that
merely "substantially affected" commerce.
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State
Sovereignty and Federal Tax Funds Act
Such laws would require that all federal taxes come first
to the state"s Department of Revenue. A panel of legislators
would assay the Constitutional appropriateness of the Federal
Budget, and then forward to the federal government a percentage
of the federal tax dollars that are delineated as legal
and Constitutionally-justified. The remainder of those dollars
would be assigned to budgetary items that are currently
funded through federal allocations and grants or returned
to the people of the state.
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10th
Amendment Bills
Unlike the many 10th Amendment Resolutions that have been
introduced around the country since 2008, these "10th Amendment"
or "State Sovereignty" bills are proposals for binding legislation.
They include language to affirm the sovereignty of the people
of the state and to create a commission or a committee to
review the Constitutionality of acts emanating from the
federal government.
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