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Rep. Marlin Stutzman
"Many federal mandates are in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution...Congress cannot take over the legislative and regulatory processes of the states." - U.S. Representative - Indiana
Sponsored by Sens. Crandell, Burges, and Melvin, and approved to appear on the November 2014 Ballot, SCR1016 states that Arizonans may use a bill, initiative, referendum, or other legal remedy to restrict the actions of state personnel and financial resources to only those purposes consistent with the U.S. Constitution.
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Why is Texas always a mere Fort Sumter away from seceding?
Secession talk has always been Texas-sized in Texas. But if nothing else, the latest online request to the White House for independence really means: Get ready for four more years of acrimony between Austin and Washington.
Ruling on Arizona immigration law: Both sides claim victory
Both President Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) declared victories of sorts in the statements they issued, although presidential candidate Mitt Romney was vaguer in his response
The US Supreme Court’s ruling Monday striking down most of Arizona’s tough anti-illegal-immigration law allows both sides to claim victory.
But in letting stand the Arizona law’s most controversial part – the provision requiring police to check the status of someone they suspect is undocumented when stopped for another violation – the high court has ensured that immigration will remain a hot-button issue through the fall elections.
“It is also a victory for the 10th Amendment and all Americans who believe in the inherent right and responsibility of states to defend their citizens,” Brewer said. “After more than two years of legal challenges, the heart of SB 1070 can now be implemented in accordance with the US Constitution.”
Sponsored by Sens. Burges, Crandell, Griffin, et al., SB1403 mandates that “The state of Arizona and all political subdivisions of this state consistent with section 38-231, Arizona Revised Statutes, requiring officers and employees to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of this state shall not recognize the United Nations or any of its declarations as legal authority in this state, including the United Nations Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and the Statement of Principles for Sustainable Development adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June, 1992…The state of Arizona and all its political subdivisions are prohibited from directly and knowingly, for the express purpose of adopting or implementing the United Nations Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and the Statement of Principles for Sustainable Development, expending any sum of money for, being a member of, receiving funding from, contracting services from, or giving financial or other forms of aid to any group that espouses the usurping or overthrow of the Constitution of the United States.
Sponsored by Sens. Burges, Crandell, and Murphy, SB1213 mandates that Arizona schools and teachers help students “analyze, critique, and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and weaknesses of existing scientific theories covered in the course being taught.” Bill similar to Louisiana Science Education Act of 2008
Sponsored by Sens. Burges, Ward, Crandell; and Reps. Seel, Smith, et al; SB1112/HB2291 states that no federal agent, public servant, or licensed firearms dealer may enforce or attempt to enforce any act order, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the United States government relating to a personal firearm. SB1112 declares that federal gun regulations after January 1, 2013, are unenforceable within the state of Arizona. Violators will be guilty of a class 6 felony.
Sponsored by Reps Crandell and Barton, but defeated in the Nov. 6, 2012 election, HCR2004 (Arizona Declaration of State Sovereignty Amendment, Proposition 120 [2012]) is a legislatively referred ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to assert Arizona’s sovereign jurisdiction over state lands, water, air, minerals, and wildlife. Citizens of Arizona will vote on the amendment in November 2012. If approved by the voters of Arizona, the measure would let Arizona manage its natural resources without deferring to a federal agency.
Sponsored by Representative Steve Court and signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, HB2712 mandates that public access computers in Arizona schools and libraries deploy and enforce a technology protection measure preventing minors from gaining access to materials deemed to be pornography, harmful to minors, or obscene. Under the law, schools and libraries must block questionable websites from minors and the general public, and they must publicize their policy to the public. Violators of the law lose 10 percent of state funding; schools and libraries have 60 days to comply with law after first notification of a violation.
Sponsored by Rep. Debbie Lesko, and signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, HB2625 (Chapter 337) guarantees religious freedom for religious insurers, employers, or individuals who have religious objections to coverage of contraception or abortifacients. The amendment codifies a First Amendment religious exemption ignored by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. “Obamacare”).
Initially sponsored by Sen. Russell Pearce in 2011 but revised by Rep. Eddie Farnsworth and the Judiciary Committee as a “strike everything” amendment in 2012, SCR1001 (Arizona Judicial Selection Amendment, Proposition 115 [2012]) aims to reform the judicial selection process for the State Supreme Court and Court of Appeals by removing the state bar from the judicial recommendation process and giving the elected governor greater control over the nomination and selection of judges. Defeated in the Nov. 6, 2012 election, Proposition 115 would have empowered the governor to appoint most members of the judicial screening panel, and it also would have increased the total number of judicial candidates from three to eight, providing a pool of candidates with a broader spectrum of political and professional backgrounds. Proposition 115 also requires that all court decisions by standing judges be posted online, so voters will have meaningful information with which to determine if a judge is worthy of retaining.
Sponsored by Reps Proud, Montenegro, Yee, et al, and signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, HB2800 mandates that Arizona or any political subdivision of the state “may not enter into a contract with or make a grant to any person that performs nonfederally qualified abortions or maintains or operates a facility where nonfederallly qualified abortions are performed for the provision of family planning services.”
Sponsored by Rep. Terri Proud, and signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, HB2563 mandates that the Board of Education shall include in its standards an elective curriculum that covers the history and literature of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. Objectives for the school courses include basic instruction in the historical, cultural, legal, literary, and social impact of the Bible. HB2653 provides course teachers with immunity against civil lawsuits or punitive action by school administrators. As of 2012, states that allow Bible courses in public schools include Arizona, Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and South Carolina.
Sponsored by Rep. Russ Jones, and signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, HB 2494 (Chapter 256) permits the state forestry agency of two or more party states to assume any delegated agency role in performing any forestry management function on federal lands in that state by coordinating and unifying the management of the forests that traverse the common boundary. HB2494 ratifies the enactment of this compact, or substantially similar language expressing the same purpose, upon passage by at least two states that form a common boundary.
Sponsored by Sen. Judy Burges, et al, and signed into law by Gov. Brewer, HB2199 makes environmental audits private, privileged information and not admissible in legal actions brought against an organization.
Sponsored by Rep. Kimberly Yee and signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, HB2036 adds and modifies certain statutes related to the regulation of abortion and abortion clinics. Most notably, HB2036 requires a medical determination of the gestational age of the unborn child and prohibits anyone from knowingly performing an abortion on a pregnant woman if the probable gestational age of the unborn child is at least 20 weeks. Violators will be guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor and are subject to license revocation, a $5,000 fine, and court damages for all psychological, emotional and physical injuries resulting from a violation.
Sponsored by Sen. Judy Burges, SB1507 mandates that “The state of Arizona and all political subdivisions of this state shall not adopt or implement the creed, doctrine, principles or any tenet of the United Nations Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and the Statement of Principles for Sustainable Development adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June, 1992 or any other international law that contravenes the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Arizona.”
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Reblogged this on My Guns, My Rights and commented:
Why is Texas always a mere Fort Sumter away from seceding?
Secession talk has always been Texas-sized in Texas. But if nothing else, the latest online request to the White House for independence really means: Get ready for four more years of acrimony between Austin and Washington.
Ruling on Arizona immigration law: Both sides claim victory
Both President Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) declared victories of sorts in the statements they issued, although presidential candidate Mitt Romney was vaguer in his response
The US Supreme Court’s ruling Monday striking down most of Arizona’s tough anti-illegal-immigration law allows both sides to claim victory.
But in letting stand the Arizona law’s most controversial part – the provision requiring police to check the status of someone they suspect is undocumented when stopped for another violation – the high court has ensured that immigration will remain a hot-button issue through the fall elections.
“It is also a victory for the 10th Amendment and all Americans who believe in the inherent right and responsibility of states to defend their citizens,” Brewer said. “After more than two years of legal challenges, the heart of SB 1070 can now be implemented in accordance with the US Constitution.”