“Few protections are as essential to individual liberty as the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Framers made that right explicit in the Bill of Rights following their experience with the indignities and invasions of privacy wrought by ‘general warrants and warrantless searches that had so alienated the colonists and had […]
21 Alerts From the NMA Tag
The Court Stands Up For Motorists: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #488
May 20, 2018
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Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOURTH AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL SEARCH, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PRIVACY, RENTAL CAR
On the Road to Ten: NMA E-Newsletter #486
May 6, 2018
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IDAHO, INSURANCE, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, SAFETY, SPEED LIMIT, Technology
Sunday December 30, 2018. While most of us will be in the midst of holiday season preparations, for the NMA it will mark a momentous occasion for another reason. On that date─unless this notice just jinxed it─we will be publishing Issue #520, marking ten years of uninterrupted home delivery of weekly NMA e-newsletters. The range […]
Road User Fees May Be Necessary (But Reasonable is a Different Matter): NMA E-Newsletter #483
April 15, 2018
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER, Gas Tax, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PATollsLawsuit2018, PENNSYLVANIA, Pennsylvania Turnpike PennDOT, REVENUE GENERATION, ROAD-USER FEES, TOLLING
A basic principle held by the National Motorists Association is, “Reasonable highway user fees [are] for maintaining and improving highways, not for financing non-highway projects.” (See the other main NMA tenets here.) The recent class action lawsuit the NMA filed with truckers’ association OOIDA against the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for many years of excessive tolling […]
Taking Tolling to Task: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #480
March 25, 2018
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EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NMA, OOIDA, PENNSYLVANIA, REVENUE GENERATION, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLLING
On March 15th, a class action complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania by the NMA and the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) that is creating a tsunami-sized wave in the Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), its officers, and the governor of Pennsylvania are defendants in the claim that PTC for […]
Getting REAL: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #478
March 11, 2018
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ALASKA, Digital Driver's License, Driver's License, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, Kentucky, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEWSLETTER, NMA, NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, Real ID, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON D.C.
With the February 25, 2018 newsletter regarding the advent of digital driver’s licenses, it is an appropriate time to provide an update on the implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005. Over the past 12 years, the NMA and other civil liberties organizations have lobbied against REAL ID which in effect would convert your […]
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