New Hampshire has repealed a law from 1917. The law required that someone living here who is an “alien” appear in public and “register” their presence on our sacred turf if the governor demands. Failing to do so would have resulted in said “alien” being subjected to state violence and being placed in a cage for up to a year. The law read:
“Whenever a state of war shall exist, or be imminent, between the United States of America and any foreign country, the governor may, by proclamation, direct and require every subject or citizen of such foreign country within this state to appear within 24 hours after such proclamation and from time to time thereafter within 24 hours after his arrival in this state, before such public authorities as the governor may in such proclamation direct, and to personally register his name, residence, business, length of stay, and such information as the governor may from time to time in such proclamations prescribe.”
I think it is fair to say that a state of war is always “imminent” between the United States and someone else in the world judging by the way the politicians screw with the rest of the world at their leisure.
Removing this “power” from the governor is a good step in the direction of liberty.
