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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
The Rise of Digital Currency: “It Is Resistant to Government Force”
Ever wonder how digital crypto-currencies works to keep your transactions private and out of view from prying eyes?
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The Rise of Digital Currency: “It Is Resistant to Government Force”
Contributing Author
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:12:38 GMT
Missouri Senate Votes to Nullify Federal Gun Laws
Activist Post
By a vote of 23-8 today, the Missouri state Senate passed an “emergency” bill that seeks to nullify virtually every federal gun control measure on the books, “whether past, present or future.”
House Bill 1439 (HB1439), introduced by Rep. Doug Funderburk (R-St. Charles), previously passed the House by a vote of 110-36. The bill will now go back to the house for concurrence on some technical amendments made on the senate side. If passed, the bill will move on to the Governor’s desk.
With language inspired by Thomas Jefferson, HB1439 declares that the state rejects the idea of “unlimited submission” to federal power. It also declares that “whenever the federal government assumes powers that the people did not grant it in the Constitution, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.”
Jefferson wrote the following in the Kentucky Resolutions, which passed Nov. 10, 1798:the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government [emphasis added]andwhensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force [emphasis added]
The state capitol city’s namesake would have been proud, said Tenth Amendment Center communications director Mike Maharrey. “This is exactly what Thomas Jefferson himself said that states had a duty to do,” he said. “States aren’t supposed to stand by and do nothing while the federal government violates the Constitution. And they’re not supposed to be willing partners in the act either.”
Maharrey said that while the declarations have great impact, the strong practical effect of its passage come in other parts of the bill.
HB1439 would make it state law that all federal “acts, laws, executive orders, administrative orders, court orders, rules, and regulations, whether past, present, or future” which infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms “shall be invalid in this state, shall not be recognized by this state, shall be specifically rejected by this state, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in this state.”
Those federal acts which are considered infringing are spelled out in HB1439, including, but not limited to:(1) Any tax, levy, fee, or stamp imposed on firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition not common to all other goods and services which might reasonably be expected to create a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by law-abiding citizens;Missouri courts and law enforcement agencies would be required to actively protect the right to keep and bear arms from such infringements.
(2) Any registering or tracking of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition which might reasonably be expected to create a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by law-abiding citizens;(3) Any registering or tracking of the owners of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition which might reasonably be expected to create a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by law-abiding citizens;
(4) Any act forbidding the possession, ownership, or use or transfer of a firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition by law-abiding citizens; and
(5) Any act ordering the confiscation of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition from law-abiding citizens.
The legislation also specifically bans all state employees from enforcing or attempting to enforce any federal acts running counter to the proposed law. These provisions banning state participation in the enforcement of federal gun control measures are based on the virtually-undisputed long-standing legal doctrine known as “anti-commandeering.” Court precedent from 1842 to 2012 holds the feds simply cannot require state to help them carry out their acts. In short, the state can simply stand down, leaving enforcement to a seriously undermanned federal government.
Such a tactic is an extremely effective way to stop a federal government busting at the seams. Even the National Governors Association admitted the same recently when they sent out a press release noting that “States are partners with the federal government in implementing most federal programs.”
In practice, this means states can create impediments to enforcing and implementing “most federal programs.” On federal gun control measures, Judge Andrew Napolitano suggested that a single state standing down on enforcement would make federal gun laws “nearly impossible to enforce” within that state.
James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution,” advised this very tactic as well. Madison supplied the blueprint for resisting federal power inFederalist 46. He outlined several steps that states can take to effective stop “an unwarrantable measure,” or “even a warrantable measure” of the federal government. Madison called for “refusal to cooperate with officers of the Union” as a way to successfully thwart federal acts.
An emergency clause was added to the bill before final passage. This would make the bill effective sooner than the required 90 days after the session in which it is passed. It requires a two-thirds vote of each chamber.
ACTION ITEMS
1. Missouri - take action in support of HB1439. HERE
2. All Other states - visit our 2nd Amendment Preservation legislative tracking and action center, HERE.
Visit the TenthAmendmentCenter.com where this article first appeared.
Missouri Senate Votes to Nullify Federal Gun Laws
Activist Post
Thu, 01 May 2014 00:34:00 GMT
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Benghazi emails point to White House again
(FOX NEWS) Newly released emails on the Benghazi terror attack suggest a senior White House aide played a central role in preparing former U.N. ambassador Susan Rice for her controversial Sunday show appearances — where she wrongly blamed protests over an Internet video.
More than 100 pages of documents were released to the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. Among them was a Sept. 14, 2012, email from Ben Rhodes, an assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for strategic communications.
The Rhodes email, with the subject line: “RE: PREP Call with Susan: Saturday at 4:00 pm ET,” was sent to a dozen members of the administration’s inner circle, including key members of the White House communications team such as Press Secretary Jay Carney.
Benghazi emails point to White House again
-NO AUTHOR-
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:36:47 GMT
Politician arrested for quoting Churchill on Islam
(LONDON INDEPENDENT) A candidate in the European elections has been arrested after making a speech quoting from a book by Winston Churchill about Islam.
Paul Weston, chairman of the party Liberty GB, was making the speech on the steps of Winchester Guildhall, Hampshire, on Saturday, when a member of the public complained to police and he was arrested.
He had been reading from Churchill‘s book The River War, written in 1899 while he was a British army officer inSudan.
Politician arrested for quoting Churchill on Islam
-NO AUTHOR-
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:47:06 GMT
Stay connected when the world goes haywire
If doomsday actually happens and you have to bug out, you’ll want to know when it’s safe to go back home. Manny Edwards reviews the Kaito KA500 emergency radio.
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Stay connected when the world goes haywire
Manny Edwards
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:42:20 GMT
Michelle O's 2-day hotel bill: $222,000
(WEEKLY STANDARD) Michelle Obama wrapped up her March visit to China with a stop in Chengdu, arriving on March 25 and departing for the United States on the following day. But that one leg of the trip alone required about 900 room nights, ranging from 21 rooms beginning on March 13 for the advance team to a peak of 144 rooms when the first lady herself was at the hotel.
The documents prepared in support of the stay estimated the cost at around 1,393,500 yuan (RMB), or $222,000 at current exchange rates.
According to the documents, one of the factors in choosing the Shangri-La Hotel was a security consideration that “will allow party to occupy the entire top two floors for the visit.”
Michelle O's 2-day hotel bill: $222,000
-NO AUTHOR-
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:58:22 GMT
Monday, April 28, 2014
Indiana Becomes First State to Formally Abandon Common Core
Activist Post
The federal education standard known as Common Core has been essentially bribed into school districts with very little local debate.
Now as more parents and localities begin to take a deeper look at this curriculum, they're finding a multitude of inadequacies which appear to be agenda-driven and standard-lowering.
Until today resistance to Common Core has been small and relatively silent, but Indiana just became the first state to formally discard Common Core standards when their State Board of Education voted 10-1 to endorse a replacement standard.
The Associated Press reports:One of the first states to adopt Common Core standards became the first state to formally abandon the national benchmarks, as Indiana's State Board of Education voted overwhelmingly Monday for a replacement that will guide student learning for years.The board voted 10-1 to endorse the new benchmarks to guide what students in kindergarten through 12th grade should learn in math and English, which were created by a panel of faculty from Indiana universities and representatives from science and technology industries. The vote came ahead of the state's July deadline and could end months of heated debate.The new benchmarks, however, are also under scrutiny as the activist group Hoosiers Against Common Core warned that the replacement is just a "rebranded" version of Common Core.
"I hope that with this conversation behind us, we can stick with these standards and make sure we're not continually moving the goal posts on our students and educators," board member at-large Gordon Hendry said. "The reasons academic standards have been successful in places like Massachusetts is because legislators and policymakers picked a direction and stayed with it."
Indiana adopted Common Core in 2010 along with 44 other states. But states' rights advocates and tea party members later vocally opposed the Common Core standards, saying they were created without adequate local input.
Indeed, the South Bend Superintendent of Schools said the new standards are "very, very, much aligned" with Common Core:
Indiana Becomes First State to Formally Abandon Common Core
Activist Post
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 21:01:00 GMT
Do “Something” – If It’s the Right Something
Congress is back, but not for long, according to The Washington Post:
Fewer than 200 days remain until Nov. 4, when Republicans are expected to expand their majority in the House. Democrats are fighting to maintain their narrow majority in the Senate. Congress will convene for about 60 days in the next six months as all members of the House and 36 senators continue campaigning. In the next five weeks, the House will meet for just 15 days with a weeklong Mother’s Day break in between. The Senate plans to work four consecutive weeks before spending a week at home for Memorial Day.
Typically around this point in a congressional cycle, legislators are expected to tackle a few high-profile items while walking on eggshells to survive in November.
Check out the full article here.
Reading the piece, I couldn’t help but think of an image we’ve posted on Campaign for Liberty’s Facebook page:
Legislators are criticized for their frequent trips out of town, but history has shown liberty to be far safer during the breaks, when the House and Senate’s only purpose is to be viewed by tourists. A “do-something” Congress is desirable when that something is to defend liberty, uphold the Constitution, and roll back Big Government. So C4L is continuing to press for votes on liberty-advancing bills such as Audit the Fed. And with politicians’ eyes on job security, sustained and overwhelming grassroots pressure is critical to demonstrate the strength of support for key issues so that when Congress does act, freedom benefits.
The post Do “Something” – If It’s the Right Something appeared first on Campaign for Liberty.
Do “Something” – If It’s the Right Something
Matthew Hawes
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 23:36:59 GMT
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