sailingaway
03-07-2013, 07:38 PM
After passing out of committee by a unanimous vote last week, the full Michigan State Senate approved Senate Bill 94 (SB94) and moved the bill on to the State House. The vote was 37-0.
A modified version of the Liberty Preservation Act released by the Tenth Amendment Center, Michigan joins a growing choir of states and localities who’ve decided that waiting for federal politicians to repeal their own power is something they’re not willing to risk.
The bill was sponsored by State Senator Rick Jones who worked hard behind the scenes to get bipartisan support. Grassroots activists on the ground in Michigan reported that a number of Senators changed their vote from “Not Voting” to “Yes” at the last second.
After today’s vote on SB94, Dennis Marburger with the Michigan Chapter of the Tenth Amendment Center coordinator expressed his view that this is a big step forward for liberty:
The very active and knowledgeable group of Michiganians fighting this egregious Federal overreach will not rest until there is real, tangible and viable state resistance to DC’s attempts to deny our rights and threaten our safety – whatever unconstitutional legislation, edict or judicial fiat our government employees use as an excuse.
Thomas Jefferson said Nullification is the Rightful Remedy to unlawful behavior by our agents in the general government and James Madison said it is the duty of the state to Interpose on our behalf against the Feds in those cases. We will continue to insist that our state employees do their duty and their part to uphold their oaths of office and enforce the Constitution.
As in the 1850s, when Michigan was a leader in the Nullification of the Fugitive Slave Act, we demand no less for all Michiganians today in battling the unconstitutional and immoral indefinite detention provisions of the 2012 NDAA.
If signed into law, SB94 would make it illegal for Michigan to participate in NDAA indefinite detention: “no member of the Michigan national guard on active state service shall aid an agency of the armed forces of the United States in any investigation, prosecution, or detention of any person pursuant to section 1021 of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2012″
more and action steps: http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2013/03/ndaa-nullification-passes-michigan-senate-37-0/
A modified version of the Liberty Preservation Act released by the Tenth Amendment Center, Michigan joins a growing choir of states and localities who’ve decided that waiting for federal politicians to repeal their own power is something they’re not willing to risk.
The bill was sponsored by State Senator Rick Jones who worked hard behind the scenes to get bipartisan support. Grassroots activists on the ground in Michigan reported that a number of Senators changed their vote from “Not Voting” to “Yes” at the last second.
After today’s vote on SB94, Dennis Marburger with the Michigan Chapter of the Tenth Amendment Center coordinator expressed his view that this is a big step forward for liberty:
The very active and knowledgeable group of Michiganians fighting this egregious Federal overreach will not rest until there is real, tangible and viable state resistance to DC’s attempts to deny our rights and threaten our safety – whatever unconstitutional legislation, edict or judicial fiat our government employees use as an excuse.
Thomas Jefferson said Nullification is the Rightful Remedy to unlawful behavior by our agents in the general government and James Madison said it is the duty of the state to Interpose on our behalf against the Feds in those cases. We will continue to insist that our state employees do their duty and their part to uphold their oaths of office and enforce the Constitution.
As in the 1850s, when Michigan was a leader in the Nullification of the Fugitive Slave Act, we demand no less for all Michiganians today in battling the unconstitutional and immoral indefinite detention provisions of the 2012 NDAA.
If signed into law, SB94 would make it illegal for Michigan to participate in NDAA indefinite detention: “no member of the Michigan national guard on active state service shall aid an agency of the armed forces of the United States in any investigation, prosecution, or detention of any person pursuant to section 1021 of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2012″
more and action steps: http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2013/03/ndaa-nullification-passes-michigan-senate-37-0/