http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sovereignty/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:45:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419615/posts None of us can object to a police force, or an army, because humankind is too adept at being stupid and wicked. But, when a police force or army are used against the people they are meant to protect, they become agents of the wicked who wish to control us. In an earlier article on Interpol I said that this global organisation now has complete diplomatic immunity to act as it wishes on US soil. It will not be long before it gains similar concessions worldwide. The reason it gained US approval first is that Obama has already promised America... cfp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419615/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:45:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419007/posts Medina has made state sovereignty a key component of her campaign and says often, "Not one more inch Washington D.C., not one more inch in Texas." She champions the use of nullification and interposition by the state as the proper remedy for halting unconstitutional federal mandates and has issued a call to action encouraging a special legislative session in Texas specifically to nullify nationalized healthcare. TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419007/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:57:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417693/posts No presidential statement or White House press briefing was held on it. In fact, all that can be found about it on the official White House Web site is the Dec. 17 announcement and one-paragraph text of President Obama's Executive Order 12425, with this innocuous headline: "Amending Executive Order 12425 Designating Interpol as a public international organization entitled to enjoy certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities."In fact, this new directive from Obama may be the most destructive blow ever struck against American constitutional civil liberties. No wonder the White House said as little as possible about it. Wahington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417693/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:19:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417036/posts Exerpt from Bob Owens December 28,2009 Quietly, Obama just made it much easier for the International Criminal Court to go after American “war criminals.” At ThreatsWatch.org, Steve Schippert and Clyde Middleton have dug up the bizarre and unsettling issuance of an executive order recently signed by President Barack Obama. Executive Order — Amending Executive Order 12425, signed December 16 and released a day later, grants the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) rights on American soil that place it beyond the reach of our own law enforcement agencies, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Main Street Radical w/ Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417036/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:32:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416948/posts A little-discussed executive order from President Obama giving foreign cops new police powers in the United States by exempting them from such drudgery as compliance with the Freedom of Information Act is raising alarm among commentators who say INTERPOL already had most of the same privileges as diplomats. At David Horowitz's Newsreal, Michael van der Galien said the issue is Obama's expansion of President Ronald Reagan's order from 1983 that originally granted those diplomatic privileges. Reagan's order carried certain exemptions requiring that INTERPOL operations be subject to several U.S. laws such as the Freedom of Information Act. Obama, however, removed... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416948/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:14:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416512/posts At ThreatsWatch.org, Steve Schippert and Clyde Middleton have dug up the bizarre and unsettling issuance of an executive order recently signed by President Barack Obama. Executive Order — Amending Executive Order 12425, signed December 16 and released a day later, grants the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) rights on American soil that place it beyond the reach of our own law enforcement agencies, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Schippert and Middleton note that Obama’s order removes protections placed upon INTERPOL by President Reagan in 1983. Obama’s order gives the group the authority to avoid Freedom of Information... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416512/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:13:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415681/posts As previously reported, the Republican Senate caucus and at least ten attorneys general are preparing political, procedural, and legal challenges to the health-care reform legislation proposed by President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-8), and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). But freedom activists are trying to encourage State legislatures in as many States as possible to present another challenge: nullification. Nullification is any action taken by a particular government that makes the laws passed and enacted by a higher-level government null and void within the lower-level government's jurisdiction, or at least causes enforcement of the higher-level law to... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415681/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:23:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415666/posts See video at source Youtube, Glenn Beck Show, Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415666/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414217/posts Looks like the steadily growing list of constitutional, ethical and political outrages that constitute the Harry Reid version of Obamacare is sparking a rebellion in the states, as AP reports South Carolina's attorney general plans to investigate the vote-buying that surrounded the proposal in the Senate majority leader's office. According to AP, South Carolina's Henry McMaster is being joined by the attorneys general of Michigan and Washington state in a suit to determine the constitutionality of the Obamacare proposal. Their initiative was prompted by a request from South Carolina's two senators, Lindsay Graham and Jim DeMint, both Republicans. Attorneys-general in... The Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414217/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:47:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415081/posts Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that Congress has the authority to mandate that people buy health insurance and that there is no constitutional limit on Congress’ power to enact such mandates, adding that this unlimited authority stemmed from the Commerce clause of the Constitution. And apparently 59 other Democrat senators agree with her. It is my understanding that the intent of the commerce clause is to assign the responsibility of regulating commerce (the transportation and trading of goods with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes) to the central government, taking the law-making responsibility for... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415081/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414012/posts Wither Sovereignty? Executive Order Amended to Immunize INTERPOL In America-Is The ICC Next? Last Thursday, December 17, 2009, The White House released an Executive Order "Amending Executive Order 12425." It grants INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization) a new level of full diplomatic immunity afforded to foreign embassies and select other "International Organizations" as set forth in the United States International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945. By removing language from President Reagan's 1983 Executive Order 12425, this international law enforcement body now operates - now operates - on American soil beyond the reach of our own top law enforcement arm, the... Threat Watch Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414012/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:00:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413976/posts At least 10 states are now raising questions about the legality of the deal that Senator Ben Nelson, a Democrat, cut for his home state of Nebraska during the health care negotiations. Under the agreement, which is on the verge of being approved Thursday by the Senate, Nebraska is permanently exempt from paying for its expansion of Medicaid, shoving that cost onto taxpayers in every other state. Mr. Nelson was able to exercise such leverage because in exchange, he was providing the magical 60th vote that Democrats needed to advance their health care bill. The deal has enraged other Senators,... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413976/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:13:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413574/posts Senate Democrats have been defending a deal they cut with Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., to gain his vote for their health care bill. The provision calls for the federal government to fund the entire cost of expanding Medicaid in his state. Senate Republicans have slammed the provision as unfair because other states, including Texas, would have to shoulder part of the cost of expanding Medicaid to cover millions of uninsured people. Now Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, joined by Republican AGs in six other states, is questioning whether such a deal is constitutional. In a statement released late Tuesday, Abbott... Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413574/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:33:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413487/posts OKLAHOMA CITY - The voters of Oklahoma will have the opportunity to preserve the existing health care system in Oklahoma under legislation sought by three state legislators. State Reps. Mike Ritze and Mike Reynolds and state Sen. Randy Brogdon announced today that they will file legislation enacting the "Freedom of Healthcare Choice Act," allowing voters to preserve the existing healthcare system in Oklahoma regardless of congressional action at the federal level. The legislation will allow a vote of the people to opt out of the proposed federal system. "It's clear the overwhelming majority of Americans want the current doctor-patient relationship... rightsidenews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413487/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:38:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412042/posts EO: AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 12425 DESIGNATING INTERPOL AS A PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and in order to extend the appropriate privileges, exemptions, and immunities to the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12425 of June 16, 1983, as amended, is further amended by deleting from the first sentence the words "except those provided by Section 2(c), Section 3, Section 4, Section 5, and... theobamafile http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412042/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412001/posts President Barack Obama and his administration have shown in the past nine months that change has come to America. Unfortunately, this change has been very disturbing to the American people. Even the moderates have expressed their dismay over the secretive meetings of Congress and the president. More and more revelations of a deceptive government have been emerging from all fronts. The Democrats are in power and are prepared to abuse it, and some far left liberals are not afraid of the people. They laugh at their faces when they are questioned of their misdeeds. Is this the republic our Founding... The Tampa Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412001/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:25:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411399/posts The first blow has been struck against the encroaching tyranny of the European Union and it is a significant one. In fact, one member state has defiantly drawn a line in the sand and signalled that it will not tolerate erosion of its sovereignty. Although it attracted little attention when it was published last month, now that commentators have had an opportunity to analyse Sentenza N. 311 by the Italian Constitutional Court, its monumental significance in rolling back the Lisbon Treaty is now being appreciated. (Hat tip, as they say, to Dr Piero Tozzi.) The Constitutional Court ruled baldly that,... Telegraph..co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411399/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:02:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411059/posts President Barack Hussein Obama is proceeding to destroy America and has opened up a six-front war to do so: The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411059/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:33:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410048/posts In a related development, secret documents were leaked today indicating that the United Nations has been plotting to form an international environmental governing body which almost certainly would infringe on U.S. sovereignty. theFinancialSkinny http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410048/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:35:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398450/posts Alistair Darling has delivered a blunt warning to the EU’s new French finance chief against meddling with the City of London. As Nicolas Sarkozy gloated over impending curbs on the City, the Chancellor said that such moves would drive financial services out of Europe. The French President’s glee at the appointment of Michel Barnier as Commissioner for the Single Market took on an edge of menace yesterday when he said that unfettered City practices must end. “Do you know what it means for me to see for the first time in 50 years a French European commissioner in charge of... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398450/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:37:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398193/posts Imagine if President Obama went to Oslo next week to receive his Nobel Peace Prize and was arrested for purported war crimes committed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan. This bit of historical irony would be possible under an argument being made by Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Mr. Ocampo claims jurisdiction over actions of U.S. troops in Afghanistan because Kabul in 2003 acceded to the Rome Statute, which established the court. He said a preliminary examination already is under way regarding possible American culpability in crimes against humanity. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398193/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 04:32:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397596/posts As Britain approaches a general election, commentators on the present "British sickness" or "British crisis" usually dwell on one of several areas. Here are some of them: • Destruction of trust in the Parliamentary and political system. About half Britain's MPs have been found to have broken either the spirit or the letter of the law with dodgy expense claims, "flipping" primary and secondary residences to avoid capital gains tax and in other ways showing contempt for the taxpayer -- a contempt now being heartily reciprocated. It is hard to see how any major party will be able to find... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397596/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:49:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392841/posts Missouri State Sen. Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield) drew much applause Saturday afternoon when she informed the crowd at the Million Med March about the Health Care Freedom Act she is going to introduce soon in the Missouri Senate. Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392841/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:58:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391022/posts THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT APOLGIZE FOR DEFENDING & PROMOTING LIBERTY: We do not say we're sorry to other nations, organizations, or individuals for our involvement in world affairs in defense of our citizens' life and liberty, and in defense of our national and vital interests. We count interfering with and bringing down tyrants and dictators like Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Stalin, Mao, Noriega, Hussein, the Taliban, Al Quida and others as an honor. We bow to NOONE in this regard and demand that our elected and appointed officials not do so. If similar individuals, nations, or groups threaten our... JEFFHEAD.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391022/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:05:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385597/posts After the release of my last column “Freedom’s Destruction by Constitutional De-Construction,” I received so many responses to my statement, “The people of the states [must] once again reject this national form of government and assert and defend the principles of federalism,” that I felt the need to develop this subject more thoroughly. The question I received was: “How can I choose federalism once again?” Indeed, answering this question is crucial to injecting a cure for the sickness and illness of tyrannical, national control over the people of the states. Undoubtedly, we are going to need an acute dosage to... Tenth Amendment Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385597/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:13:33 GMT