Minnesota Committee Passes Bill to Reform Asset Forfeiture Laws, Opt Out of Federal Equitable Sharing Program
By: Mike Maharrey ST PAUL, Minn. (March 27, 2019) – A bill moving through the Minnesota House would reform the state’s asset forfeiture laws to require a criminal conviction in most ...
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Giving Federalism the Middle Finger
By: Suzanne Sherman The impulse to turn everything into a federal case – even something a personal as an obscene finger gesture – flips the middle finger at the political ...
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Vermont Bill Would Ban “Material Support or Resources” for Warrantless Federal Surveillance
By: Mike Maharrey MONTPELIER, Vt. (March 15, 2019) – A bill introduced in the Vermont House would ban “material support or resources” for warrantless federal surveillance programs. This is an essential step every ...
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Federal Vaccine Mandates: A Slippery Slope That Violates Informed Consent and State Sovereignty
By: Davis Taylor There is a strong move afoot to impose federal vaccination mandates. This is a slippery slope that would violate both the principle of informed consent and state ...
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The New Federalism and the New Federal Judiciary
by Thomas Ascik The federal lawsuit filed by fifteen blue states (and Michigan) to stop President Trump’s February 15 Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of ...
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How Thomas and Gorsuch Preserve the Generative Power of Originalism
by John O. McGinnis The most important practical question for originalism today is the relation of original meaning to precedent. The Supreme Court has decided thousands of cases about the ...
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Missouri Bill Takes on Federal Gun Control: Past, Present and Future
By: Mike Maharrey JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. (Feb. 28, 2019) – A bill introduced in the Missouri House would set the foundation to create a “gun rights sanctuary state” by banning ...
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Signed By the Governor: Wyoming Law Authorizes Bear Hunt Despite Federal Court Ruling
By: Mike Maharrey CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Feb. 22, 2019) – Last week, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill into law that sets the stage to authorize a grizzly bear hunt ...
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States must fight back against federalism
By William Haupt III “Anything government wants to do they can justify under the commerce clause.” – John Yarmuth The federal government finds endless ways to circumnavigate the intent of ...
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Our Goal is Federalism, not “States’ Rights”
by Gary Wood Are the members of the 10th Amendment efforts supporting federalism or states’ rights? Should we link ourselves to John C. Calhoun and the notion of secessionism and ...
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