States Rights - Page 6

January 12, 2017

Policing for Profit? Lawmakers, advocates raise alarm at growing gov’t power to seize property

Massachusetts motel owner Russell Caswell wasn’t expecting to find himself at the center of a national controversy when federal authorities came knocking on his door. They said they wanted his business –and the land it was on- and said they could take it legally if they wanted to through a practice known as civil forfeiture. Caswell said no.

January 12, 2017

States target meth labs with name-and-shame strategy

As states struggle to clamp down on a growing meth epidemic, they're turning to a tactic commonly used to target sex offenders: name and shame.

January 12, 2017

Inmates getting coverage under ObamaCare, as states shift cost to feds

The Obama administration often touts that people with pre-existing conditions and countless others can now get covered under ObamaCare. But there's another group that's starting to benefit from the law -- prison inmates.

January 12, 2017

Land grab? Local officials blast move by Obama to set aside 500,000 acres in NM

Local officials in New Mexico warn a move by the Obama administration to designate nearly a half-million acres as a national monument could open up a crime corridor making it easier for illegal immigrants to cross the border and for drug cartels to operate undetected.

January 12, 2017

Wisconsin becomes first state to restrict parents from giving up adopted kids

Wisconsin has become the first state in the nation to pass legislation cracking down on parents who try to give away their adopted kids.

January 12, 2017

Did Michigan just trigger 'constitutional convention'? Bid gains steam

Momentum is building behind what would be an unprecedented effort to amend the U.S. Constitution, through a little-known provision that gives states rather than Congress the power to initiate changes.

December 31, 2016

Federal officials ordered to help enforce Ariz., Kan., voter citizenship laws

Federal officials must help Kansas and Arizona enforce laws requiring new voters to document their U.S. citizenship, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, in a decision that could encourage other Republican-led states to consider similar policies.

September 16, 2016

'Flatly unconstitutional': Mobile park owners fight gov't bid to block redevelopment

In the heart of Silicon Valley, a new twist in an ongoing turf war is raising alarm among property rights groups – government officials in Palo Aime owners of a mobile home park from turning the property into condos.

August 16, 2016

Appeals court rules feds can't prosecute medical marijuana cases unless state law violated

A federal appeals court on Tuesday banned the Justice Department from prosecuting medical marijuana cases if no state laws were broken.

June 20, 2016

Texas nationalists keeping close tabs on impending 'Brexit' vote

Some Texas residents are keeping a close eye on Britain’s upcoming vote on whether to leave the European Union later this month and are hoping they could use the referendum as inspiration to break away from the U.S.