South Carolina Action Alert: Obamacare Nullification Hearing This Week

The South Carolina Nullify Obamacare bill (H3101) is moving forward, and your help can keep it on this path!  A hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 2:30pm, or 1-1/2 hours after the House adjourns, whichever is later, in Room 516 of the Blatt Building, Columbia, South Carolina.    Passage of H3101 would be the first time in modern American history that any state in the country has voted to make a federal act unonstitutional – and provided for enforcement of the state act as well – AFTER the Supreme Court has given their opinion to be otherwise.

There are many powerful forces that are working through usually-trusted sources to encourage you to oppose this bill.  Don’t fall for it.  This is a historic bill with massive implications nationally.  South Carolina can lead, and encourage other states to do the same, and even up the ante.

Please take the following steps to support H3101 now.  And, keep reading below to learn about this important nullification bill with teeth.   Make your calls in the evenings and on the weekends.  Leave a message, if needed.  By the time the hearing happens on Tuesday, they need to know there is MASSIVE support for H3101.

ACTION ITEMS

1. Please contact the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.  Thank him for scheduling a hearing on H3101, and urge him to vote YES on the bill.

Contact information here:
Representative Greg Delleney, Jr. (803) 734-3120

2. Contact all the other Members of the Judiciary Committee.  Strongly, but respectfully, let each of the committee members know that you want to see nothing less than a YES vote on H3101

Rick Quinn (803) 212-6897
Don Bowen (803) 734-3038
J. Derham Cole (803) 212-6790
Dan Hamilton (803) 212-6795
Ralph Kennedy (803) 212-6938
Joe McEachern (803) 212-6875
Elizabeth Munnerlyn (803) 212-6896
Wendy Nanney (803) 212-6877
Tommy Pope (803) 212-6895
Bakari Sellers (803) 734-3003
Anna Thayers (803) 212-6889
J. Seth Whipper (803) 734-3191
James Smith (803) 256-3582
Bruce Bannister (803) 734-3138
Alan Clemmons (803) 734-3113
Laurie Funderburk (803) 734-3044
Jenny Horne (803) 212-6871
Peter McCoy (803) 212-6872
Walton McLeod (803) 734-3276
Chris Murphy (803) 212-6925
Weston Newton (803) 212-6942
J. Todd Rutherford (803) 734-9441
Eddie Tallon (803) 212-6893
J. David Weeks (803) 734-3102

3.  Attend the Hearing.  Strong support – and only strong support – can move this bill forward.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 2:30pm, or 1-1/2 hours after the House adjourns, whichever is later,
in Room 516 of the Blatt Building, Columbia, South Carolina

4.  Join the Nullify Obamacare Group for South Carolina on Facebook.  Get involved, let others know what kind of responses you get, plan strategy and more.  http://www.facebook.com/groups/nullifyobamacaresouthcarolina/

5.  Share this information widely.  Please pass this along to your friends and family.  Also share it with any and all grassroots groups you’re in contact with around the state.  Please encourage them to email this information to their members and supporters.

BILL INFORMATION

South Carolina H.3101 is a bill to nullify the Affordable Care Act within the boundaries of the state.  It reads, in part:

The General Assembly declares that the federal law known as the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”, signed by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010, is not authorized by the Constitution of the United States and violates its true meaning and intent as given by the Founders and Ratifiers, and is invalid in this State, is not recognized by this State, is specifically rejected by this State, and is null and void and of no effect in this State.

The bill also provides for essential teeth – an enforcement mechanism codified in law – to prevent the enforcement of the unconstitutional federal act within the state:

It is the duty of the General Assembly to adopt and enact all measures as may be necessary to prevent the enforcement of the ‘Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’ within the limits of this State.

No such bill – nothing even close – has been passed by any state in modern American history AFTER the Supreme Court gave their opinion on the constitutionality of a federal act.  This is a historic bill with massive implications nationally.  And there are many powerful forces that are working through usually-trusted sources to encourage you to oppose this bill.  Don’t fall for it.

BACKGROUND ARTICLES AND INFORMATION ON NULLIFICATION AND “OBAMACARE.”

Just as the U.S. Supreme Court can offer their opinion and declare a law unconstitutional, the states can essentially do the same thing through a process commonly called “Nullification.” There is a reason that supreme court cases end up with the justices issuing an “opinion.”

Nullify Obamacare in 4 Steps

How the States Can Stop Obamacare

Nullification in One Lesson

Nullification: The Basics