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Gun-Rights Advocate Sues to Block Bump Stock Ban

January 17, 2019
“Clark Aposhian of the Utah Shooting Sports Council filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the ban on bump stocks announced last month by the Trump administration is unconstitutional . . .” Click here to read full articleTweetShareShare0 Shares
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Utah guns rights advocate sues Trump administration over federal bump stock ban

January 17, 2019
“SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah gun rights advocate is suing the federal government over a newly imposed ban on an accessory that modifies rifles to fire like automatic weapons. Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, argues in the lawsuit that the Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…
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Muzzled no more

January 11, 2019
“Are you a crypto entrepreneur who settled charges with the SEC for fear of drawn-out litigation? But you don’t think you actually did anything wrong? Turns out you can’t tell us even if you wanted to. When you settle charges with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, you become bound by the SEC’s decades-long “neither admit…
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Cato sues SEC over ‘gag rule’ barring defendants from protesting allegations after settlement

January 9, 2019
“(Reuters) – Adding to mounting conservative criticism of a Securities and Exchange Commission rule that prohibits people who settle with the commission from thereafter denying the government’s allegations, the libertarian Cato Institute sued the SEC Wednesday in federal court in Washington, D.C., alleging that the SEC’s “gag rule” is unconstitutional.” Click here to read full…
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Secretary of State Tries End Run Around The Constitution

December 27, 2018
Michael P. DeGrandis, Las Cruces Sun- News “I’m Just a Bill” is an iconic episode from the 1970s Schoolhouse Rock educational series. The catchy tune taught us how a bill becomes a law where he “wait(s) in line, with a lot of other bills” for the executive to sign. It also explains that a vetoed…
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Legislators challenge campaign finance rules

December 20, 2018
“SANTA FE – Four Republican state lawmakers are asking the state Supreme Court to block the enforcement of 2017 campaign finance rules that require more disclosure of political spending by independent groups. In a petition filed Thursday, the legislators accused Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver of overstepping her authority last year when she imposed…
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