Bill introduced in NH to nullify Patriot Act

New Hampshire Legislature ^

[Born in a Rage]

HB 1246 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-2084

08/09

HOUSE BILL 1246

AN ACT nullifying the USA Patriot Act.

SPONSORS: Rep. McElroy, Hills 61; Rep. Itse, Rock 80; Rep. Bicknell, Rock 73; Rep. Ingbretson, Graf 13

COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill states that the USA Patriot Act shall not be recognized in the state of New Hampshire.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-2084

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT nullifying the USA Patriot Act.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Purpose. New Hampshire supports the constitutions of New Hampshire and of the United States; therefore, New Hampshire is taking this position against the USA Patriot Act, along with other states and communities, because:

I. The USA Patriot Act blatantly violates both the constitutions of New Hampshire and of the United States. Because of this violation, the USA Patriot Act poses a greater threat to the security and freedom of the residents of both New Hampshire and of the United States.

II. It seems that the well being and security of the United States and of the sovereign states is not truly of paramount interest to the drafters of the USA Patriot Act since the drafters ignored concerns of the generals of our Joint Chiefs of Staff that our homeland security is at major risk because the federal government has relinquished its Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3 responsibilities by its actions of having given the United States production and supply capability to foreign powers and influences, as a result of treaties like GATT, NAFTA, treaties with the World Trade Organization, and other ill begotten commercial treaties and agreements; which means that if we or our allies are attacked we are in serious jeopardy of not being able to supply our troops or our allies, especially if we are attacked by the powers to whom we have given our production capability.

III. With this in mind and to resolve this very serious homeland security situation, New Hampshire is additionally insisting that the nation and all the states rebuild our manufacturing and production capabilities and accomplish this rebuilding with a similar philosophy and the strategies our nation used when putting a man on the moon.

2 Nullification of the USA Patriot Act. The state of New Hampshire shall no longer recognize the USA Patriot Act, including any subsequent rules, executive orders, or judicial interpretations to have effect or to be binding on the state or on the residents of this state.

3 Copies. The clerk of the house of representatives shall send copies of this act to the President of the United States, the New Hampshire Congressional delegation, and to the speakers of the house of representatives of the other 49 states.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2005.

[Born in a Rage]

This is the bill introduced in my state of New Hampshire (live free or die) to nullify the Patriot Act. Sounds good to me.

[bobjam]

News flash to New Hampshire:

The Theory of Nullification was put to rest at Appomatox Court House in 1865.

[Houmatt]

Sounds like the liberals up there are having a spaz. That bill needs to die as it is both pro-terrorist and anti-American.

[JohnGalt]

Looks like New England will have to bail the country out again...

[AdamSelene235]

[Art.] 10. New Hampshire Constitution [Right of Revolution.] Government being instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.

[RJCogburn]

Gotta love us up here in NH.

[chachacha]

The state of New Hampshire shall no longer recognize the USA Patriot Act, including any subsequent rules, executive orders, or judicial interpretations to have effect or to be binding on the state or on the residents of this state.<

This is a sick attempt at trying to put a patriotic face on a Liberal failed state. This country would be better going to war with New Hampshire and a few other renegade liberal strongholds.

The real sad part of all this is those folks have no clue to what patriotism is.

Just take a close look at who these people elect to public office. INCREDIBLE

[Byron_the_Aussie]

[Born in a Rage]

Looks like it's been brought up again. NH has also put into committee a bill which states we can get medicine from Canada against Fed. regs.

[RebelBanker]

Like bobjam said, we had a little war a few years back that nullified that. However, whether to repeal the Patriot Act or not is certainly a reasonable cause for discussion. It just must be done at the national level.

[Born in a Rage]

:-)

[Ingtar]

If it at least mentioned our open borders, rather than NAFTA, I might have had more respect for it.

[Burkeman1]

A-men! New England (minus Connecticut) with Newfoundland, Prince Edwards Island, and Labrador might make a great country if this one fails? Might be a bit Celtic for your tastes protestant?

[sinkspur]

And this repeal will be struck down by a Federal Court the minute it's enacted, if it's enacted.

[freeeee]

With the exception of small southern parts of NH overrun with Massholes, the good people of New Hampshire have more conservative values in their pinky toes than many other 'conservative' state's subjects have in their whole bodies.

A liberal stronghold? Please! Being that they are nothing like yourself, it's easy to see how you might confuse them as liberals. These are real small-government-leave-me-alone conservatives. You should be lucky to grovel at their feet and beg for their guidance.

LIVE FREE OR DIE

[Born in a Rage]

Here's Article I, Section 8

Section 8 - Powers of Congress

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

[joesnuffy]

Back when America was an idea born of righteous men our founding fathers
The "Patriot" act would have been called "The Tory Act"
And the Brits would have loved it....come to think of it ..this is pretty much why
America rebelled against the tyranny of England in the first place..
Having traded one tyrant 3000 miles away for a thousand tyrunts 500 miles away
"The Patriot Act" indeed....woe unto those who call good evil and evil good...
imo

[AAABEST]

No, people who support this clearly unconstitutional Orwellian named Patriot act are anti-American.

Clampdown obsessed freak-boy Asscroft has contempt for America, and is the anti-American in Cheif who should be shipped off to Zimbabwe where he belongs.

[JohnGalt]

LOL

Welsh-Irish-Scots are all Celtic, so long as there are no dual loyalty issues with Rome, its the Unitarians we should be worried about.

[Poohbah]

We had this discussion back during Andrew Jackson's term. Went nowhere, IIRC.