Michael Boldin
Tenth Amendment Center
February 28, 2012
Today, the Virginia Senate took a firm stand in support of liberty, the Constitution for the United States, and the Constitution of Virginia by voting in favor of House Bill 1160 (HB1160), the “NDAA Nullification Act.”
The final vote was 39-1.
After a motion to recommit (delay until next year) went down to the wire before being rejected yesterday (report here), groups across the political spectrum activated in support of the legislation, which codifies in law that no agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia – including defense forces and national guard troops, will comply with or assist the federal government in any way under it’s newly claimed powers to arrest and detain without due process.
INTERNMENT: NEVER AGAIN
The bill’s primary sponsor, Delegate Bob Marshall, had this to say in support:
“During World War II, the federal government incarcerated tens of thousands of loyal Japanese Americans in the name of national security. By this bill, Virginia declares that it will not participate in similar modern-day efforts.
Even President Obama had questions about the bill, when he promised the American people that he would not use the unrestrained powers it granted him — but why should we trust any President with such powers?
There are moments in our history when our liberties hang in the balance. This is one of those moments. I urge the Senate…to lead the way in the nation to ensure that Virginia will not cooperate when the Federal Government strays off the reservation with laws that take away the civil liberties of our citizens.”
BRIDGING THE POLITICAL DIVIDE
Last Thursday, the Tenth Amendment Center, in partnership with the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and Demand Progress held a media conference with experts and legislators from across the political spectrum. On hand were a former Al Gore advisor and a former Reagan administration member. (full report here)
The message was resounding, and echoed by the Jr. Senator from Loudoun Virginia on the floor today, “Wherever you fall on the political spectrum, any law that passes congress that has those provisions should be a deep concern, and I hope that we can all agree on this one issue.”
While the bill doesn’t directly block federal agents from carrying out their new NDAA powers, this is part and parcel of a larger NDAA nullification campaign around the country. Currently 7 local governments have passed resolutions ranging from a denouncement of the federal act in three Colorado counties to requiring noncompliance with it in places like Fairfax, CA and Northampton, MA. And, 7 states are currently considering legislation like Virginia’s – all based off the model legislation provided by the Tenth Amendment Center, the Liberty Preservation Act.
THREE STEPS, MAYBE JUST TWO?
Here at the Tenth Amendment Center, we define nullification as “any act or set of acts which has as its end result a particular law being rendered null, void, or unenforceable in a specific area.” With that definition in mind, we see nullification of the new “kidnapping powers” of the NDAA as a multi-step process.
1. Education - awareness. This is where local and state resolutions come into play. When something is passed, even non-binding, it gets press coverage about the idea that the local and state people have a role to play in this.
2. Non-compliance – as just passed by the Virginia House and Senate, and being considered in various other states and local communities. The message? Your unconstitutional federal act is not welcome here!
Gandhi, Rosa Parks and others didn’t take it beyond there. We recognize that in almost every situation, the federal government relies on states being silent or even fully complicit. Information sharing, logistics, and even national guard troops carrying out orders are activities that could be asked of state and local governments. Could the feds still kidnap at that point if the state refuses compliance? Sure, “legally” nothing has changed. But if 10-15 states and a hundred or so counties and cities are making clear they will not comply and that they consider the act unconstitutional, it’s going to be much tougher for them, if not politically impossible, than if everybody just complied and waited for the courts or another election to “save” them.
3. Resistance and physical interposition – Some, of course, believe that the feds can never be stopped without a physical resistance. But this may not be required if enough states and localities take noncompliance seriously in #2 above. But, we also see the value in running the full spectrum of options from the simplest to the strongest in various parts of the country. In Washington State, the bill there is full non-compliance. Matt Shea and Jason Overstreet, the primary sponsors, feel they can get that moving forward, and hope to follow up with criminal penalties in a future bill. Then, potentially another to require arrest of fed agents for kidnapping could be considered. In Missouri, they’re tracking along the same lines.
In Tennessee, though, the bill being considered right now refers to indefinite detention as a “kidnapping” charge and requires the local sheriffs to stop them. (info here)
NEXT STEP FOR VIRGINIA
HB1160 received a minor amendment in the Senate before passage and now goes back to the House for Concurrence. The bill previously passed the house by a vote of 96-4 so it’s expected that the amended version will sail through as well. The Amendment reads as follows:
§ 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, no agency or political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or employee of same acting in his official capacity, shall aid an agency of the United States in the unlawful detention of any United States citizen pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1541 as provided by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (P.L. 112-81, § 1021).
Delegate Marshall previously reported that Governor Bob McDonnell is opposing this legislation. And, even with such large veto-proof votes in both the House and Senate, Virginia residents are encouraged to take action today. Those living in Virginia are encouraged to contact their Senators with words of thanks for passing HB1160 (at this link) AND the Governor’s office (at this link) in support of this legislation now.
LEGISLATIVE TRACKING
CLICK HERE – to view 4 versions of the model bill, the Liberty Preservation Act, for introduction in your state, city, county or town
CLICK HERE – to track the status of the Liberty Preservation Act around the country.
Michael Boldin [send him email] is the founder of the Tenth Amendment Center. He was raised in Milwaukee, WI, and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. Follow him on twitter - @michaelboldin, on LinkedIn, and onFacebook.
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Yes!
This is a good sign, the states are starting to wake up
Captain Ron Reply:
February 28th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
Three steps forward… two steps back…
Same as it ever was…
Throw the 1 in his own gitmo gulag.
So the Virginia State Troopers will act on your behalf when you are disappeared by Homeland Security….. interesting
jchance Reply:
February 28th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
I highly doubt they will when like it is in most states the Federal Government has circumvented the state governments when it comes to Federal funds and have been directly giving the money to local, county/parish, and state law enforcement agencies. They are not about to loose out on that funding, especially in these trying economic times. Odds are they will turn a blind eye and let the Federal Government come into the state in the middle of the night and abduct law abiding citizens for being critical of the Government.
Is this for real? or just another trick?
THey did not empeach the Bushes????
They have not empeached OBAMA????
what will that bill change if the criminals keep pushing for wars?
Tom Reply:
February 28th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Vic, by now you should know that he doing is different from the saying. Your posts prove this.
When the police see that the government is stepping on their turf you can bet the farm lead will be flying ! Then is when you will see a revolution popping up all over the place !
HOOZAH! FOR OLD DOMINION! Old “Marse Robert” (General Robert E. Lee) stated,” It is better that war is so terrible, lest we grow fond of it.” Take that you blue belly scum from ‘cross the Potomac. SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS. “Carry Me Back To ‘Ol Virginny”. Strike up the band and lets hear a rendition of “Shenandoah”.
Excellent News!!!! Words cannot express our gratitude for your focused dedication and hard work in helping to restore the Republic which has all but been eviscerated over the past few years Mr. Boldin.
Of course, many of us are educated to the fact that this systematic destruction of the United States Of America has been long in the planning and execution, though the past few years have seen exactly what was promised; “The FUNDAMENTAL Change of America.”
The murderous criminals that are attempting to turn America into one giant prison need to be arrested and tried for their high crimes and treason. This is a superb step in the right direction in my opinion.
Again, words do not come close, though I will simply say; ‘Thank You.’
Message to Pope and his Gregorian Atramental neopolitical clerics and their child abducting occult rendition program in the US:
You got a fucking problem with that, DRAC? Eat THIS anti-social number 13 you ugly son of a bitch: 1582 (7), 1752 (6), 1830 (3) and 1888 (6).
7636
13
This is the Catholic Church, the Church of England, the Mormon Church and Atramental Lodge 23 in DC. 13 issued as an occult number on the Gregorian calendar with 49 (13) spaces for days of week and numbers. It functions as a signature in state sponsored abductions of young women and children, and these fucking sociopaths use the calendar extensively to pull off these abductions.
Abduction dates are chosen from the calendar where the sum of dates in a given column or row equals 13. This is the key to understanding how they got away with the Delta region Abduction Project, XI-U (DRAC). It’s online. Look it up. I am surrounded by FBI as I write this, so know this information comes at a price.
Crystal Hall, Brittanee Drexel, Megan Maxwell, Paige Johnson, Holly Bobo, Lauren Spierer, Katelyn Markham and Karen Swift were the victims in this project, and Phil Bredesen was the field aspect director. These Abductions served Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 33rd degree craft, which means he became a Shriner on this project, and the names of these victims are embedded in the calendar of his March 4-7 AFS event in Ohio. He’s celebrating having put these abductions forward in your face to fuck with your sensibilities, and people are missing it.
TBI has this information. Obama has this information. Bin Laden, Schwarzenegger’s alleged illegitimate son, Sorros’ Strauss-Kahn were all stage managed shields in response to this information having reached the US Marshall April 18 and 22, 2011. Murdoch, the London Riots, Oslo/Utoya, all these were shock and awe and collective punishment threatening international retaliation if this wasn’t contained pretty quick. OWS was a Soros enterprise in an attempt to further shield himself from these circumstances, which means he was willing to collapse US domestic infrastructure to preserve the occult which has been described above.
S.1867.1021 was written in response to proactive and conscientious reporting of these circumstances and was directed at my own rendition to stop the flow of information to the public regarding these horrific circumstances.
the way out of this is for states to follow Virginia’s lead pretty quick and arm up before Obama has a chance to bring on NATO and NORAD.
Yes, Obama is a part of this. He’s already earned his 33rd degree craft on a Bundy style incursion into US domestic infrastructure, which means he’s probably got no less than 35 female victims oti his credit, but it more than likely 200 or more. Obama is a fucking Drac.
Hey Michael Bolden…
Can we get an exclamation point behind this title? This is a WIN!
I think this is wonderful and that NY should be the next state to say NO! To the FEDERAL Government!
Looks good but….civil liberties? WTF is that? How about LIBERTY!!!
“Virginia will not cooperate when the Federal Government strays off the reservation with laws that take away the civil liberties of our citizens.”