Posted on 11/26/2012 10:45:32 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
The Texas legislature will soon consider HB 149, the Texas Liberty Preservation Act which would subject anyone in the state attempting to enforce Barack Obama’s infamous National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA) to one year in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Written by Texas representative Lyle Larson, the Texas Act says that “…Texas shall not provide material support or participate in any way with the implementation of Sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 within the legal boundaries of the state of Texas.” (1)
Incorporated into the NDAA at the demand of Barack Obama, these sections allow the president “…to indefinitely detain...
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Wow, looks like one state upheld the Constitution.
Go for it!
They should also lock up Boehner for letting it pass congress.
The bill would probably be enforced by County Sheriffs. County Sheriffs in Texas are not to be trifled with.
Remember this is just one of a multitude to be filed and will depend upon many steps to get enacted.
Example for the last regular legislative session that ended on May 30, 2011 the following are the numbers:
.....5,796 House and Senate bills were filed during the regular session of the 82nd Legislature; 1,379 bills passed.....
http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/whatsNew/client/index.cfm/2011/5/30/82nd-RS-adjourns-sine-die
Are those brown shirt thugs he’s organizing?
Let’s just hope the bill can get past House Speaker Joe Straus and Lt Gov David Dewhurst. Together, they killed nearly every conservative bill in the last legislative session.
Waste of time. Unconstitutional. I appreciate the effort but next time don’t support a Patriot Act and we won’t have this problem. SO many conservatives supported it. Really sad.
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Thanks for the Texas ping, Johnny. I commented upthread that we’d better hope this bill can get past the RINOs in charge of our legislature.
If it doesn’t, the ensuing fallout from NDAA detentions will only turn up the heat on the move toward secession, which 56% of Texans already agree with.
I wonder how much of Sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, and possibly other hidden legislation, relate to the US governnment’s recent purchase of hundreds of millions of rounds of .40 caliber ammunition? It also makes me wonder how many .40 cal. pistols, sub-machine guns, and/or semi-auto carbines the US gov. has puchased lately.
Are certain sections of the government, and/or it’s agencies, are being considered for use as a US militia force in the event of a popular insurrection. It is highly questionable that the US Armed Forces would support a coup d’etat by a government intent on the illegal seizure of power. This is also the subject of certain bi-annual questionnaires and reports that the military is forced to make at the behest of the US Government Executive Branch. Seems our military is extremely reluctant to fire on U.S. civilians that may include fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, and good ole uncle Jack.
No, unconstitutional is NDAA which authorizes the military to arrest American citizens, in America, and hold them incommunicado, indefinately, and with no right to an attorney or any due process. (except that someone in some secret proceeding deemed that you “support terror”)
There is nothing the slightest bit unconstitutional about a state creating a law that says the US constitution must be obeyed.
The supremacy of federals does not mean states must submit to any decision they make. The states are not mere administrative districts of Washington DC. They are there to preserve our rights too. And if NDAA is not a blatant violation of half the bill of rights, what is?
I’m a big fan of Uniforms, make the IRS, EPA, UN and whoever else thinks that they run the show wear Uniforms.
Prison would be the least of their worries
TT
No, unconstitutional is NDAA which authorizes the military to arrest American citizens, in America, and hold them incommunicado, indefinately, and with no right to an attorney or any due process. (except that someone in some secret proceeding deemed that you “support terror”)
There is nothing the slightest bit unconstitutional about a state creating a law that says the US constitution must be obeyed.
And not only is it constitutional, it’s practical. Sucha conflict would have to be addressed by the supreme court. And they won’t be able to easily decide that US Citizens get no due process whatsoever and can be held forever without charges. They already ruled that even Al Qeida in Gitmo gets at least a military hearing and can have an attorney.
The supremacy of federals does not mean states must submit to any decision they make. The states are not mere administrative districts of Washington DC. They are there to preserve our rights too. And if NDAA is not a blatant violation of half the bill of rights, what is?
TX is looking better and better. I guess I don’t mind heat that much...
I have a feeling that Texas won’t be the only one! I have feeling, just a feeling, that other states may be looking at this as an example they can follow!
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