Archive for February 2010
Oppose the Freedom-Destroying Dietary Supplement Safety Act
New legislation targeting nutritional supplements would considerably broaden the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) already expansive regulatory authority by allowing the FDA to impose draconian restrictions on developers, manufacturers, and sellers of nutritional products and on the products themselves. The misleadingly titled Dietary Supplement Safety Act, introduced by Senator John McCain on February 4 as…
Read MoreConstitutional County Sheriffs in Tennessee Counties HJR771
Rep. Eddie Bass <http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h65.html> , a retired county sheriff, has introduced a resolution in the Tennessee General Assembly affirming the role of the constitutional sheriff in Tennessee counties. HJR771 <http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0771> proposes an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution that would define the county sheriff as the chief law enforcement officer in his or her county. The…
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