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Delegate Bob Marshall Files Amicus in Virginia vs. Sebelius
MANASSAS, VA – As a representative elected by the people of my district and as chief patron of the Health Care Freedom Act, I thought it my responsibility to demonstrate this Assembly’s strong support of the action taken by our Attorney General to defend the constitutional rights of each Virginia citizen to make their own choice of health care and healthy living, and not to be forced by the Leviathan in Washington D.C. to live the way some unelected bureaucrat would require us to live.
What did we say to the Court of Appeals that was not already said by the Attorney General?
The Attorney General’s basic argument was that Obamacare’s mandate that every American purchase a health insurance policy or plan approved by the bureaucrats was unconstitutional and, therefore, the entire Obamacare statute was unconstitutional. As you know in the district court the Attorney General won only the first argument — that the individual mandate was unconstitutional — leaving the rest of it in place.
Our strategy was different. We argued that Obamacare in its entirety was unconstitutional and for that reason the individual mandate was unconstitutional. If our point is upheld, then all of Obamacare — not just the individual mandate — is unconstitutional. Read more
Delegate Marshall interviewed on Terry Jeffrey Show, CNS News
Legislative Update, Plus Your Help Needed on Critical Bills
Friends,
I have 6 bills which have been sent to the Senate and need your help to get them passed.
HB 1397 will exempt homes from the Federal “Cap & Trade” legislation. It has been sent to the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+com+S1
HB 1440 will construe the word “person” in the Code of Virginia to include unborn children. It should be sent to the Senate Courts of Justice Committee but could be sent to Senate Education & Health which would certainly be a death knell for the bill.
HB 1457 will penalize state employees who knowingly violate Freedom of Information Act law. This bill has been sent to the Senate General Laws Committee http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+com+S12.
HB 1458 will require that insurance companies notify beneficiaries of life insurance policies of the options available to them in writing. This bill has bee sent to the Senate Commerce & Labor Committee http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+com+S2.
HB 1721 will make the adoption of Urban Development Areas by localities optional rather than mandatory. This bill should be sent to the Senate Local Governments Committee http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+com+S7.
HB 2236 will authorize the State Treasuerer to mint commemorative coins for sale by the Commonwealth as a means of raising funds for the Commonwealth. This bill will likely be sent to the Senate General Laws Committee http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+com+S12.
Please contact your Senators and the members of the Senate committees to ask them to support these bills.
- Bob
Virginia Eyes Switching Off Dollar
Kelly O’Meara
© 2011 WorldNetDaily
WASHINGTON – Virginia state Delegate Robert G. Marshall has introduced legislation to study whether the Commonwealth should make the preparations now to switch suddenly to an alternative currency in the event of an implosion of the Federal Reserve System and the destruction of the dollar.
House Joint Resolution 557 is another piece of a growing movement among state legislators who are concerned about the dollar’s demise. Ten states have considered similar bills, recommending a return to some form of a commodity-based currency, using either silver or gold.
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Read the full article at World Net Daily
HB 1506, MERS Bill, Email Update
Delegate Marshall’s Floord Speech on his MERS Bill
I introduced HB 1506 to require banks to maintain up-to-date records on Virginia home loans with county Clerks of Courts rather than with a private bank run database (Mortgage Electronic Registration System-MERS) which is losing track of mortgage records and operates without oversight.
HB 1506 will come up this Monday in a House of Delegates Courts Subcommittee. It has nationwide implications for up to 65 million homeowners who bought their homes since 1997.
Powerful Wall Street Banking interests oppose my records transparency bill! Inaction by the General Assembly in 2011 will amount to another bail out of Wall Street gamblers who expect taxpayers to finance their investment “habits.”
If you are thinking your title insurance protects you, be aware that these policies were issued without taking into account the potential number of homes that might have flawed titles. Your title cannot be protected if your Title Insurance Company fails.
Foreclosures Attract Attention from Both Parties
By WESLEY P. HESTER
A bipartisan coalition of legislators is seeking sweeping changes to state foreclosure laws aimed at protecting homeowners and tightening record-keeping practices.
In a rare joint appearance Monday, Del. Robert G. Marshall, R-Prince William, Sen. A. Donald McEachin, D-Henrico, Del. Robin A. Abbott, D-Newport News, and Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax City held a news conference to address a package of foreclosure bills.
Perhaps the highest profile of those is Marshall’s, which would require that mortgage transfers be recorded in local land records and that investors and lenders file documents there before foreclosing.
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Read the full article at Richmond Times Dispatch
NBC News Washington, Del. Marshall Proposes Competing Virginia Currency
The following is an excerpt from a recent news article about one of Delegate Bob Marshall’s bills for the 2011 General Assembly Session:
Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall — the same lawmaker who wants to ban gays and lesbians in the Virginia National Guard, despite the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell — has a new idea. Virginia should mint its own coins.
Marshall (R-13th District), a 20-year veteran, plans to introduce legislation during the Jan. 12 session of the General Assembly that would call for the Commonwealth to study minting its own coins in order to compete with what he calls “the monopoly of the Federal Reserve System,” reports InsideNova.com.
“We can’t mint money, but we can mint gold and silver coins,” Marshall told InsideNova.com Wednesday night. “It sounds like a small difference, but it is a difference legally. If you look closely on a [dollar] bill, it doesn’t say that it’s money. It says it is legal tender ‘for all debts, public and private.’”
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Read the full article at NBC News Washington.com
Del. Bob Marshall on The Grandy Group, 630WMAL
Click the play button below to listen to Grandy and Brian interview Delegate Bob Marshal on HB10, statewide inititives such as the Marriage Amendment and questions regarding talk of a U.S. Senate run.
Del. Bob Marshall’s Print & Audio Statement on Virginia’s Healthcare Lawsuit Decision
FOR RELEASE: On Receipt (December 13, 2010)
MARSHALL HAILS RULING HOLDING HEALTH CARE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Del. Bob Marshall is hailing today’s U.S. District Court decision in a Virginia lawsuit declaring that the controversial federal health care reform law violates the United States Constitution.
“Judge Hudson’s ruling thwarts a power grab by the Obama Administration and Congress to extend their insidious reach further into our private lives,” Marshall (R., 13th) said.
“Clearly, Judge Hudson understands that the federal government can’t have it both ways in enforcing the Constitution’s Commerce Clause. It makes no sense, legally or otherwise, to expand federal authority over participating in interstate commerce to include those of us who choose not to participate.”
Marshall files first bill related to U-Va. clash with Cuccinelli
Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William) is sponsoring a bill that would allow public employees to be terminated or otherwise disciplined if they knowingly violate public information laws.
Behind the proposed legislation, which he has filed for consideration when the General Assembly convenes next month, is the now hotly contested events surrounding the tenure of climate researcher Michael Mann at the University of Virginia.
Mann left the university in 2005 and is now a professor at Penn State University.
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Read the full article at The Washington Post.
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