Freedom Campaign - January 2011

Freedom Campaign

By Larry Greenley, Director of Marketing

Crunch Time Is Here!

For the past few months, we’ve been emphasizing the critical importance of personally contacting your state legislators in December regarding: (1) getting ObamaCare nullification legislation introduced in early 2011; (2) defeating any new Con-Con calls in 2011; and (3) getting a Con-Con rescission resolution introduced in those 34 states that still have not passed one.

I’ve already gotten reports back from many states that our members have been making these contacts in December. That’s terrific!

And, even though many states are in the process of introducing ObamaCare nullification, Texas is the first one I have specific information for. Rep. Leo Berman (R-Dist. 6) has introduced HB 297, entitled “An Act Relating to certain federal health care legislation imposing penalties,” which has provisions to nullify the entire ObamaCare law (Public Laws 111-148 and 111-152). House Bill 297 also includes criminal penalties for federal and state employees who attempt to enforce ObamaCare in Texas. Rep. Berman’s nullification bill is very similar in its provisions and wording to our “Model Federal Healthcare Nullification Act for State Legislatures,” which is available in the “Downloads” section at JBS.org.

We’re also hearing back from many states that various pro Con-Con organizations have been working with state legislators to get them to issue new Con-Con calls in 2011. We’ve also had many reports of our members working with their state legislators to fend off any new Con-Con calls and, where appropriate, working toward the introduction of Con-Con rescission resolutions.

Now, we need those who’ve already been making contacts in December to keep on making those contacts and distributing DVDs and reprints to their legislators in January and February. Plus, and this is tremendously important, we need those members who haven’t made any contacts in December to begin making their contacts with state legislators as early in January as possible, since many state legislatures have short sessions.

Remember, we’re working for nullification of the entire ObamaCare law, stopping all new Con-Con calls, and passing Con-Con rescission resolutions in as many of the 34 non-rescission states as possible. Your best sources of tools are http://www.JBS.org/StopObamaCare and http://www.JBS.org/StopACon-Con.

One of your key tools for working on both nullifying ObamaCare and stopping Con-Con calls should be our new reprint, “States Should Enforce, Not Revise, the Constitution” (also available as a PDF download at JBS.org). Continue to use our Beware of Article V DVD to stop Con-Con calls and build support for Con-Con rescission resolutions.

Based on the momentum of the Tenth Amendment movement of the past couple years, the millions of newly awakened Americans associated with the Tea Party movement, and the large numbers of conservatives elected to state legislatures on November 2, the stage has been set for some remarkable victories for freedom at the state level this year.

January is crunch time for the freedom fight in state legislatures. This is your historic opportunity to play a vital role in regaining our freedom under the Constitution, while at the same time preserving our Constitution!

New “State Legislator Packet” Project

We also have a new “State Legislator Packet” for you and other members to personally deliver to all of the representatives and senators in your state legislature. Please do not view this project as replacing your personal contacts made on behalf of nullifying ObamaCare and stopping Con-Con calls as requested above. Rather, this is an additional project that will complement your other contacting of state legislators.

This “State Legislator Packet” project has a broader educational objective than stopping ObamaCare and stopping Con-Con calls, and is intended for the personal delivery of highly relevant, foundational, educational materials to as many state legislators as possible.

See “’State Legislator Packet’ Distribution Project” on page 7 for further details on this project.

Action Summary

• Continue to personally contact your state legislators to get ObamaCare nullification bills introduced and passed, to defeat any new Con-Con call resolutions, and, where appropriate, to get a Con-Con call rescission resolution introduced and passed.
• As an additional project, personally deliver our new “State Legislator Packet” to as many as possible of the representatives and senators in your state legislature. See page 7 for more information.