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So We Had A Resolution, Huh? Hmm. How IS That State Sovereignty Thing Workin’ Out For Us?

Originally published November 8, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

So We Had A Resolution, Huh? Hmm. How IS That State Sovereignty Thing Workin’ Out For Us?

Last updated, September 2014 Nebraska was one of only fourteen states to see the successful passage of a State Sovereignty Resolution in the two year period 2009 – 2010, while well over thirty states had resolutions. In other words,

Filed Under: Big Brother Government, Budget, Constitution, Data Gathering, Electronic Monitoring, Featured, Federal Legislation, Founding Principles, Government Spending, Governor, Health Care, Information Sharing, Like Drunken Sailors, Nebraska, REAL ID, Senators, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral Tagged With: 10th Amendment, 2009 permit application transcanada, afp-ne, american sovereignty, americans for prosperity, americans for prosperity-nebraska, annette dubas, annette dubas transcanada payment, atkinson state dept. hearing, bad faith legal argument, beau mccoy, bitumen, canadian neb, charles and david koch, charles koch, chris langemeier, cir, collective bargaining for public employees, commission of industrial relations, dave heineman, david koch, deb fischer, definition of public purpose, eminent domain, energy security, environmental groups, ex post facto, fischer real id, flint hills resources, foreign trade zone, ftc investigation canadian market manipulation, gas prices, governor heineman, gulf coast, hardisty alberta canada, healthcare implementation, heavy crude, heineman, holt county nebraska, illinois, indiana, interim study report natural resources, interstate commerce, iowa, j. peter ricketts, job creation, jon bruning, kansas, kate sullivan, kelo v new london, ken haar, kentucky, keystone xl, keystone xl market manipulation, keystone xl pipeline project, keystone xl pipeline section 52 application, koch foundation, koch industries, labors local #1140, lee terry, lee terry congressional research service, lee terry crs, life liberty property, lobbying on pipeline, michigan, midwest padd ii, midwestern states gas prices, mike friend, minnesota, missouri, national energy board canada, national id card, national interest, natural resources committee, ne congressman lee terry, nebraska, nebraska attorney general, nebraska eminent domain, nebraska kelo law, nebraska legislature, nebraska sovereignty, north american made energy security act, north dakota, nullification, ogallala aquifer, ohio, oklahoma, padd iii, padd iii region, pete ricketts, philip verleger, pipeline regulatory, pipeline siting authority, platte institute, politics makes strange bedfellows, presidential permit application, proper role of government, property rights, public employee unions, public service commission, real id, representative lee terry, rod kaminski, sandhills, sen. dubas, sen. tony fulton, sen.fulton, senator annette dubas, shareholder presentations, south dakota, special law, special legislation, special session nebraska, special session pipeline, startribune, state director afp-ne, state senators, state sovereignty, synthetic crude, tar sands, tennessee, Tenth Amendment, tony fulton, transcanada, transcanada market manipulation, transportation and telecommunications committee, u.s. constitution, u.s. state department, uncamerical, usgc, waiting for godot, wisconsin

Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Originally published September 16, 2011, By Linda. Updated November 6, 2014. 6 Comments

Nebraska is Essentially a One Party State

Editor’s Note: This is the seventh article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. We recommend starting with the article “Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide” which includes links to all other […]

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History Has Proven Nullification a Failure – Just Look at REAL ID

Originally published March 14, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated May 26, 2013. 7 Comments

History Has Proven Nullification a Failure – Just Look at REAL ID

This is Part 2 in a continuing series on nullification. For Part 1, click HERE. In Part 1, I explained that in the past year, I’ve come to realize that nullification is not a solution that should be pursued by the states. That change of opinion, the result of much research and reflection, includes a […]

Filed Under: Biometrics, Legal Limit, REAL ID, State Sovereignty Tagged With: 2007 nebraska resolution real id, attorney general, attorneys general, balanced federalism, bill of rights, biometrics, chips in driver's licenses, driver's license, federalism, fifth amendment, fourth amendment, governor, governors, history of nullification, history of real id, interposition, jurisdiction, law enforcement, lr28 real id, national id card, nebraska governor, nebraska politics, nebraska real id, nullification, nullification by states, nullification debate, personal information, personal privacy, politics, printz vs united states, real id, state action on nullification, state legislatures, Unicameral

Radio Broadcast Resources 2/4/11: Health Care – CIR – Your Information

Originally published February 4, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 4, 2011. 3 Comments

Radio Broadcast Resources 2/4/11: Health Care – CIR – Your Information

This article has been prepared to provide a list of resources for listeners of the Friday, February 4, 2011, radio broadcast. Kaye Beach’s website: Axxiom Amuse Homeschooling Legislation in Oklahoma: As we discussed on the air, there was an effort in Nebraska in the last few years to further insert the State in the affairs […]

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Listen LIVE Tonight 6pm: CIR – Health Care – More!

Originally published February 4, 2011, By GiN Admin. Updated October 11, 2011. 1 Comment

Listen LIVE Tonight 6pm: CIR – Health Care – More!

Listen TONIGHT – LIVE Friday, February 4, 2011 6:00pm – 8:00pm Shelli has been asked to sit in once again for Kaye Beach on the Axxiom for Liberty radio show. Perfect timing! There’s a lot to talk about… High costs for public employee salaries and benefits is a problem everywhere, but it’s an even bigger […]

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Getting It Done: OK Grassroots Beats "The Chippers"

Originally published November 6, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated November 6, 2010. Leave a Comment

Getting It Done: OK Grassroots Beats "The Chippers"

Oklahoma liberty-lovers did not take kindly to the backdoor dealings in their state surrounding the insertion of RFID chips in their drivers’ licenses, especially after having been given assurances by their state government that it would not occur. Working with state legislators and other activists, Kaye Beach of the very popular Axxiom Amuse site “introduced” […]

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