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Senator Coghill’s Substitute for Nullification: Rebuking Presumptive Federal Laws with Style.

March 18, 2013 / by / 3 Comments

A second, and very different, bill rejecting the prospect of future federal restrictions on firearms has emerged in the state legislature.

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HB69: A National Disgrace

February 28, 2013 / by / 39 Comments

The most controversial bill in recent Alaska history – and beyond – might be this session’s House Bill 69, sponsored by Speaker Chenault. This legislation was advertised as a declaration of state sovereignty as it related to owning firearms in Alaska. But that was more of a side note to the actual threat the language of the bill presents, and which the Alaska State House endorsed.

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House Bill 80: The Long Journey of a Bad Idea

April 23, 2012 / by / 0 Comment

As halfhearted eulogies for “policy that could have been” occupy our morning reads, it is important to take a second look at one proposal that did not pass, but will continue to be misused, mischaracterized, and intentionally misunderstood in political sport.

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