Strategy
Taking on Government Programs with Boots-on-the-Ground Activism
A few weeks ago, I launched the Activism 101 Podcast to chronicle boots on the ground local grassroots activism in real time. How often have you seen something going on in your community and thought, “Somebody needs to do something?” Maybe you even...
States Can Thwart New DOJ Asset Forfeiture Policy
Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to ramp up federal asset forfeiture. State action – – or more accurately inaction – – can stop him. Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a policy directive on federal asset forfeiture...
How States Can Help Bring Down Obamacare
States can and should help end Obamacare whether Congress does its job, or not. Will Republicans in Congress actually send Pres. Trump a bill to repeal Obamacare? At this point, it seems highly unlikely. The changes to the ACA proposed by the U.S. House and Senate...
Weed: Blueprint for the Modern Nullification Movement
In 1996, voters in California passed Proposition 215 – the beginning of the modern nullification movement. In the run up to the vote – three presidents came out to the state to explain that voters really weren’t “allowed” to do this,...