by Mike Maharrey | Feb 17, 2023
This week, I had the opportunity to testify before a Maryland House committee on that state’s Defend the Guard Act. In a nutshell, Defend the Guard prohibits the governor from ordering any unit or member of the Maryland National Guard into “active duty...
by Mike Maharrey | Jan 30, 2023
This should be obvious by now. Centralization of power destroys liberty. The founding generation called centralizing power in one national government “consolidation” and it was one of their biggest fears. Patrick Henry hammered this home over and over during the...
by Mike Maharrey | Jan 17, 2023
Pretty much every nullification season, we see some kind of new trend in legislation. This year is no exception. And one particular trend is a good one! One thing I’ve seen this year that’s pretty cool is several marijuana legalization bills that...
by Mike Maharrey | Dec 8, 2022
It’s hard to believe but nullification season is once again upon us. We refer to the months that the majority of state legislatures are in session as nullification season. That’s early January through April or early May. Of course, legislative schedules...
by Mike Maharrey | Nov 28, 2022
How do you eat an elephant? Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? Elephants are huge! When it comes to liberty, a lot of people suffer from debilitating pessimism. Keeping pessimism from crippling you is a matter of perspective. I got an email over the weekend that...
