Action Alert: Intrastate Commerce Act in Maine
The Intrastate Commerce Act, a bill to nullify all unconstitutional intrastate commerce laws, has been scheduled for a hearing on March 18th, 2013. The Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research, and Economic Development will hold the hearing on LD 691 at 10am in the Cross Building, Room 208. Tenth Amendment Center requests your immediate help with [...]
Brooksville Joins Maine Food Sovereignty Movement
A growing movement over the last couple of years in Maine has just gained another member. Brooksville, by a vote of 112-64, has passed a Food Sovereignty Ordinance. The movement, which began with the Town of Sedgwick, has grown to nine with the latest addition. As Brooksville joins a number of other Hancock County towns [...]
Millinocket, Maine Passes 2nd Amendment Preservation Resolution
The Town Sovereignty movement continues in Maine, this time with the 2nd Amendment. The Town of Millinocket has passed a 2nd Amendment Preservation Resolution. The final Town Council vote was 5-2 in favor. Town Councilor Jimmy Busque and Michelle Anderson both explained the importance of this Resolution to those present. Busque explained the importance of [...]
Happy Thanksgiving From METAC!
To all our fellow Tenther friends, we would like to take a moment to share some thoughts about Thanksgiving. There is much to be thankful of as we gather with our friends and family. Although in a world overrun with tyranny, we still have an unbreakable love among those who support us through these difficult [...]
Maine Could Nullify Controlled Substances Act In 2013
This was the topic of a recent article written by State Coordinator Chris Dixon for his Bangor Daily News blog, “Undercover Porcupine.” The article ignited a lively discussion and debate on the issue of marijuana legalization and whether nullifying the federal law would be beneficial to Maine. In the article titled “Should Maine Legalize Marijuana?“, [...]
Governor LePage Refuses To Implement Obamacare Exchanges
Maine Governor Paul LePage issued a letter yesterday to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, declaring that Maine will not implement the healthcare exchanges created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In the letter, Governor LePage stated: Because the guidance issued in the August 13, 2012 request of [...]
Representative Newendyke Survives Recount, Will Return In 2013
After some uncertainty on the outcome of the Maine House District #80 race, a three hour recount today in Augusta made the final decision. The final outcome holds Representative Mel Newendyke as the winner, by four votes. In the last session, Representative Newendyke sponsored LD 1172, “An Act To Prohibit Enforcement of Federal Laws in [...]
Representative Newendyke To Face Election Recount
It was reported recently that Representative Mel Newendyke, sponsor of LD 1172 “An Act To Prohibit Enforcement of Federal Laws in Violation of the Constitution of the United States“, won his race by eight votes. This was a night that was difficult for Republicans and the liberty movement, as well. The fight doesn’t appear to [...]
Aaron Libby Joins Newendyke In Winning Re-Election To Maine Legislature
As noted last night in “State Representative Newendyke Survives Republican Collapse“, Representative Mel Newendyke survived an electoral nightmare that wasn’t only difficult for Republicans, but for the liberty movement as well. Rich Cebra did not run for re-election due to personal reasons, solid candidates like John Jones and Matthew Maloney lost, and Ryan Harmon failed [...]
State Representative Newendyke Survives Republican Collapse
In what is being described as a mass ousting of the Maine Republicans, including some prominent Tenth Amendment supporters such as Ryan Harmon, Representative Mel Newendyke has survived. A number of new “Tenther” candidates such as Matthew Maloney and John Jones launched bids in their respective districts, but failed to secure victory in a night [...]
Maine Nullify Obamacare Effort Expands
Contact: Chris Dixon Main Tenth Amendment Center Director O: 207-212-2614 chris.dixon@tenthamendmentcenter.com www.maine.tenthamendmentcenter.com For Immediate Release:Aug. 22, 2012 Androscoggin Co. GOP passes resolution calling for special session to nullify PPACA AUBURN, Maine – The Androscoggin County Republican Party overwhelmingly approved a resolution asking Governor Paul LePage to call the Maine legislature to special session and consider [...]
Androscoggin County GOP Passes Nullification Resolution
Yesterday evening, the Androscoggin County Republican Party capped off an exciting evening with the overwhelming approval for a pro-resolution. With large turnout due to the Grand Opening of their new Headquarters just prior, there were many people on hand for the vote. Durham Town Republican Secretary and Maine Tenth Amendment Center Androscoggin County coordinator Jason [...]
ACTION NEEDED: Governor LePage’s Special Session
Multiple media outlets are now reporting that Governor Paul LePage is planning to call the Legislature back for Special Session to enact legislation. He would not, however, go into specifics. Mike Tipping, author of the Tipping Point column at the Bangor Daily News, has the recording and transcript posted in his article, found here. It [...]
Open Letter to the Maine Legislature
To all those who are elected to serve the people of Maine, under an oath to stand for the Constitution, When the Constitution was young in 1798, the Alien and Sedition Acts was passed, which featured a provision that made speaking ill of the government a crime. Kentucky, led by Thomas Jefferson, and Virginia, led [...]
After the Statement: The Next Steps Towards Liberty
Maine State Representative Richard Cebra (R-Naples) has been a reliable defender of the Tenth Amendment over the years in Augusta, sponsoring resolutions that reaffirm the importance of the Tenth Amendment to bills nullifying the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Recently, he has been joined by individuals like Representative Melvin Newendyke (R-Litchfield), who introduced the [...]
ACTION NEEDED: NDAA Resolution In Maine Legislature
Representative Richard Cebra (R-Naples) has submitted a Joint Resolution that will be voted on early this week. HP 1397, “Joint Resolution Memorializing The President of the United States and the United States Congress to Review Portions of the National Defense Authorization Act”, would send a clear message on behalf of the people they represent, that [...]
The Answer To The NDAA: Nullification
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has been a heated topic of discussion across the Internet, while an ongoing media blackout continues. To their credit however, Fox News asked a question regarding the law at a recent Republican Presidential Debate. While former Senator Rick Santorum noted that U.S. citizens detained do have a right to [...]
When The Law Becomes Wrong
Today is an important day for United States history. Across our country, Americans remember the life of a remarkable individual who took a stand against legislated injustice and refused to stand down when threatened with the unjust force of law. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of ideas, revolutionary for his time. As we’ve [...]
Maine's Food Turf War
As reported yesterday by the Maine Tenth Amendment Center, the State has made good on its April 6th promise to prosecute farmers in towns that have passed a Food Sovereignty Ordinance. Walter Whitcomb, Commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, has not backed down. “It was not done as a statement. There were people who [...]
State Sues Blue Hill Farmer, Challenges Food Sovereignty Ordinance
In the last year, five towns in Maine have moved to protect local commerce in a hurting economy by nullifying State and Federal regulations. As previous reported by the Maine Tenth Amendment Center regarding Sedgwick, the first town to do so, “Under the new ordinance, producers and processors are protected from licensure or inspection in [...]
Maine Nullification 2012
Maine has a strong tradition of nullification in recent years. Despite the Controlled Substances Act being on the books, the people of Maine nullified this unconstitutional law by allowing for the use of medical marijuana in 1999. Medical marijuana was again voted on a couple of years ago and passed, in clear violation of the [...]
Hurricane Irene, the Guard, and the Constitution
CROSS-POSTED FROM THE TENTH AMENDMENT CENTER BLOG The Burlington Free Press reports from Vermont, Eight helicopters on loan from the Illinois National Guard were expected to arrive Tuesday night in Vermont to help the Vermont National Guard deliver food, medicine, water and other supplies to 13 Vermont towns cut off from the rest of the state [...]
Understanding Nullification
When nullification is discussed, there is a misconception that never seems to go away: why the anarchy? Nullification and the Tenth Amendment is not a topic discussed often. States’ Rights has been discussed by Mitt Romney and his supporters when defending the Massachusetts healthcare law, a controversial program often compared to Democratic President Barack Obama’s [...]
The American Guardrail
It’s no secret that the United States Constitution is a document in exile, to paraphrase the title of a brilliant work written by senior Fox News analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano. In his book, “The Constitution In Exile” which was praised by members of the left and the right, Judge Napolitano offers the reader with a [...]
