By AlaskaWatchman.com

Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued an administrative order, Nov. 2, to combat efforts by President Joe Biden to undermine Alaska’s states’ rights. The order lays out steps Alaska will take to protect its State Constitution and the rights of Alaskans from federal overreach. 

“The Biden Administration has imposed a long list of encroachments against the State of Alaska in attempts to control the health and welfare of Alaskans,” Dunleavy said. “The recent actions or attempts are threatening the state’s sovereign authority under the 10th Amendment. We will not let the federal government usurp our power. We will fight against these threats, enforce Alaska’s sovereignty and protect the rights and freedoms of all Alaskans.”

A statement from Dunleavy’s office notes that over the past year Biden has introduced plans that would force banks and financial institutions to provide the IRS with personal information from private bank accounts for any transactions of $600 or more that occur in a year. Biden’s plan would monitor citizens’ banking activities and store their financial information, actions that Dunleavy says violate existing protections for such records under the Federal Right to Financial Privacy Act.

Additionally, Dunleavy expressed concern that Biden’s Dept. of Justice wants to use federal law enforcement personnel and resources to monitor and potentially prosecute parents as possible domestic terrorists for protesting issues like mask mandates and curriculum choices at local school board meetings.

Order states, “to the extent allowable by law, no state agency shall participate in, or use state funds or personnel, to further a federal vaccine mandate for employers.”

Dunleavy’s order also addresses Biden’s plan to direct the Occupational and Safety Health Administration to implement regulations requiring private employers, and certain public employers, with more than 100 employees to mandate that workers to be deemed “fully vaccinated” or to submit to regular COVID-19 testing.

Along these same lines, Dunleavy’s order addresses the Biden administration’s attempt to mandate that all federal contractors require employees to be vaccinated in order to keep their jobs. Dunleavy’s office noted that earlier this year, Biden’s administration imposed vaccine mandates on military and National Guard members without adequate protections in place for individuals with religious objections.

To fight this federal overreach, Dunleavy’s order directs the State Attorney General’s office to review any federal vaccine mandate issued by the Biden Administration and to determine whether there are legal grounds to challenge such mandates in court.

Dunleavy’s order also states that “to the extent allowable by law, no state agency shall participate in, or use state funds or personnel, to further a federal vaccine mandate for employers.”

The order empowers the Attorney General Treg Taylor to “review and oppose efforts by the Federal Government to monitor and negatively affect the ability of Alaskan parents to exercise their constitutional rights by participating in school board meetings.”

It also states that to the extent allowable by law, “no state agency shall participate with a federal agency, or spend state funds to participate in, or further any action by a federal agency that infringes on the constitutional rights of Alaskans. Nor may a state agency take actions that would unconstitutionally chill free speech or infringe upon other constitutional rights exercised by citizens against or in support of local school district policies. State agencies shall continue to enforce the criminal code of the State of Alaska.”

Finally, Dunleavy has ordered his state commissioners to “immediately inform” Attorney General Taylor if a federal agency proposes actions to a state agency that would “require a state agency to act in a manner that may violate the Alaska or U.S. Constitution.”

Read the full Administrative Order here.

Click here to contact Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

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Dunleavy issues order to defend Alaska from ‘blatant federal overreach’

Joel Davidson
Joel is Editor-in-Chief of the Alaska Watchman. Joel is an award winning journalist and has been reporting for over 24 years, He is a proud father of 8 children, and lives in Palmer, Alaska.


44 Comments

  • Jon and Ruth Ewig says:

    It is awesome to know Governor Dunleavy will use the 10th Amendment which is States’ rights. It is against the Constitution for the feds to take over the states’s power. We are praying. Hillsdale College online courses clarify this as well as David Barton whom you can look up online at Wallbuilders.

  • Ed+Martin+Jr says:

    My Wife & I are currently under a 10 Day Quarantine in Hawaii ! Will the Governor Defend our State Citizens rights here in Hawaii? (The privileges and immunities that are protected under Article IV include the right to receive protection from state government; the right to acquire and possess all kinds of property; the right to travel through or reside in any state for purposes of trade, agriculture, or professional endeavors; the right to claim …ect. Call me Governor if you really have my US Constitutional Rights of protection in your AO 325 ! 907-252-7857 Ed & Kathy in Hawaii Quarantined !

  • Burt says:

    It’s laughable to watch Stand Small try to appear as a Constitutional Conservative given his own dictatorial mandates and threats over the previous 18 mos, it must be the start of election season. Maybe he can use the Emergency Broadcast System to warn us of the spreading tyranny.

  • Proud Alaskan says:

    Finally standing tall, Biden can go pound sand

    • Braund says:

      Biden hasn’t taken the “experimental” vax. Seems to me he’s afraid of dying. Thank you Gov. Dunleavy for taking this stand.

  • david Boyle says:

    Will Governor Dunleavy put out an Administrative Order requiring school districts/other local govts to disclose the known adverse reactions as published by the FDA? Here they are for kids under 12 years of age:

    “The FDA estimates that there will be 106 extra myocarditis cases per 1 million double-jabbed children 5-11. There are 28,384,878 children ages 5 to 11 in the U.S. The Biden administration wants to inject Pfizer mRNA shots into all of them and has already purchased enough doses to do just that (even though only 1/3rd of parents want to jab their kids with this shot).

    So (if the Biden administration has its way) 106 excess myocarditis cases per 1 million x 28.38 million people would be 3,009 excess myocarditis cases post-vaccination if the Pfizer vaccine is approved.

    And over the course of several years, many of those children will die. Dr. Anthony Hinton (“Consultant Surgeon with 30 years experience in the NHS”) points out that myocarditis has a 20% fatality rate after two years and a 50% fatality rate after five years.”

  • ruth droke says:

    thank you gov. dunlevy for doing this. i am grateful for all you do for us alaskans.

  • Steve+Peterson says:

    Good! A little more spine every week. Too little too late?
    Now, remove Ann Zink and shame the Anchorage Assembly and maybe we’ll believe that you aren finally on the right track.

  • Vonda+Sanders says:

    Thank you Dunleavy!! Let’s go Brandon!!

  • Lilahlee says:

    The company my husband works for cannot allow him to work locally because of the jab mandates so he is working the only out of town job they currently have because he has made it abundantly clear he will not mask because of his 20+ yrs of OSHA training and will not get the jab for religious beliefs and the fact that they haven’t under gone the standard extensive trials!! Praise God for the out of town work, however he is being discriminated against by the Federal Government & our state governments feckless attitudes!!

  • Donald Fitzwater says:

    Let’s Go Brandon!

  • Ed+Martin+Jr says:

    It’s about time Dumb-leavy pulled his thumb out of his mouth & protected Alaskans RIGHTS / PRIVILEGES & IMMUNITIES ( The Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, Section 2 of the Constitution states that “the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.”)
    This clause protects fundamental rights of individual citizens and restrains state efforts to discriminate … under our State & US Constitutions !

  • Patrocles says:

    What about local assembly overreach? Does the state have purview over the actions of local governments doing the same thing? How about their violation of Separation of Powers on an Assembly/Mayoral level?

  • JC says:

    While this is good news, we really need some teeth in order to fight against the unlawful mandates presently before us. The ones our families and friends are fighting RIGHT NOW. How do we keep jobs in the face of companies here requiring mandates or asking for unconstitutional exemptions to be proven in spite of natural immunity or sincerely held religious beliefs or even the medical freedom to just say no without proof of ANYTHING required! Can the AG intervene in this situation… now?

  • Antrim Gary says:

    And what about oil drilling production and exploration our jobs have been reduced to to federal overreach

  • David+Shoemaker says:

    Keep this up. Excellent. Finally some back real back bone.

  • DoneWithIt says:

    Thank you.

  • Maureen Koezuna says:

    He is such a joke!

  • Michael Alexander says:

    This is half hearted at best. How about he holds a press conference and states LET’S GO BRANDON. Of course that wouldn’t be the feckless way, instead he will have the attorney general write a terse letter. Doesn’t that just make you want to go outside and yell FREEDOM!! Me neither.

  • Dean says:

    This should have been done much much earlier but I hope it is the beginning of a bravery streak in this administration.

  • Ryan Nelson says:

    Good bless our great governor!

  • JC says:

    Thank you for this stance Governor.
    I am still not sure how it will help those under job or jab pressures right now. Is there any way to send out notices to all Alaskan employers to cease moving forward with their unconstitutional actions?

  • Spencer says:

    Let’s go Brandon!

  • Lyons ANn says:

    Thank you Governor for standing up fo us.

  • Carl Webster says:

    Thanks governor, now let’s see what you can do about the theft of pfd funds.

  • David says:

    Delayed help
    Dunleavy you have a ways to go before I buy back in. I am deeply disappointed with you and your decisions and your incompetent administration. The most recent jaw dropping disappointment is your stance on hospital’s usurping doctor-prescribed meds for patients who subsequently die because they are refused their meds.
    I, as a citizen, think this is completely unacceptable. Unfortunately, I really don’t have any power or a pulpit to speak from on these patients’ behalf. You governor do, and yet you refused to! Your actions say I really don’t want to know what is happening, and please don’t bother me anymore with such things!
    Mr Dunleavy, my response to your attitude is please don’t bother me anymore with your aspirations of being the governor again!

  • John Mathew says:

    At last! A Governor who looks and sounds like an Alaskan!

  • G Aleution says:

    Praise God! Thanks bro! I mean Governor!! Set my people free!!

  • NP Adam says:

    What about protecting those individuals from companies demanding a medical procedure or lose their jobs?

  • Alakan Patriot says:

    Nothing to see here but political puffery.
    Read the actual order:
    – Two pages of Biden’s bad (no argument here)
    – One page of 6 items in the actual ADMINISTRATIVE Order
    — One order for state agencies to consult the AG if the feds require them to violate the constitution. Shouldn’t they be doing this already? Given the way our state agencies are handling Covid, what indication is there that they know, let alone give a damn about the constitution?
    — Three orders for the AG to ‘review’ federal regulations, laws, mandates. Shouldn’t they be doing this already????
    — Two orders that “to the extent allowable by law…” the state won’t help the feds violate our rights. Shouldn’t they be doing that already?
    Here are the actual orders:
    Under the authority of Article III, Sections 1, 16, and 24 of the Constitution of the State of
    Alaska, I, Mike Dunleavy, Governor of the State of Alaska, order the following:
    1. The Attorney General shall review any new federal law, regulation, or policy related to
    IRS monitoring of bank accounts owned by Alaskans and Alaskan businesses.
    2. The Attorney General shall review any federal vaccine mandate issued by the Biden
    Administration and determine whether there are legal grounds to challenge such
    mandates in court.
    3. To the extent allowable by law, no state agency shall participate in, or use state funds or
    personnel, to further a federal vaccine mandate for employers.
    4. The Attorney General will review and oppose efforts by the Federal Government to
    monitor and negatively affect the ability of Alaskan parents to exercise their
    constitutional rights by participating in school board meetings.
    5. To the extent allowable by law, no state agency shall participate with a federal agency, or
    spend state funds to participate in, or further any action by a federal agency that infringes
    on the constitutional rights of Alaskans. Nor may a state agency take actions that would
    unconstitutionally chill free speech or infringe upon other constitutional rights exercised
    by citizens against or in support of local school district policies. State agencies shall
    continue to enforce the criminal code of the State of Alaska.
    6. If a federal agency proposes an action to a state agency that would require a state agency
    to act in a manner that may violate the Alaska or U.S. Constitution, the agency’s
    commissioner shall immediately inform the Attorney General for the State of Alaska and
    seek legal advice as to how to proceed.
    Whoopy doo – this is nothing short of posturing for a guy that’s laid down every opportunity he’s had to stand tall.

    • NP Adam says:

      Exactly. Where are the protection for NON state employees. This is BS. I’d say many businesses will be forced to comply and they won’t fight it. Where’s the fight for every Alaskan that refuses to undergo a medical procedure?

  • Scott A Godwin says:

    Thank you Governor!!!!! We stand with you.

  • Jon and Ruth Ewig says:

    Thank you Governor Dunleavy for standing up for Alaska and the 10th Amendment which is the authority for states and against federal encroachment. Much more needs to be addressed but this is a start for sure. We will praying be praying for you and all in power. We pray for our country everyday at 8 pm CST which is 5 pm AST. Many of us are doing this. Go to “Daily Minute of Prayer” website. God is mightier than all of this going on. God is sovereign over nations. We can access Him always.

  • EscapedAnchorage says:

    Y’all think he’s doing it to save face for his reelection? I wouldn’t put it past him. He’s been sitting short for a while. Alaska needs a Bronson like figure in the govs desk, one that gives no S about what the local media thinks about just decisions, one who doesn’t say “just kidding” when he originally vetoed the budget.

    Thanks all the same Gov, but it probably won’t save your reelection.

  • Fairbanks Dad says:

    And what happened right after the order? UAF president issued a vax mandate. Vax or be fired by Dec 8th. When asked about the Gov’s order, President Pitney said the university does not fall under the order because it is not a state agency. Did you hear that? The University of Alaska is NOT a state agency. Fire him. Right now.

  • Concerned Alaskan says:

    Why has this state not joined the current lawsuit against the Biden administration, that’s being initiated by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis? Our state officials need to act more aggressively in pushing back against this unconstitutional and illegal directive.

  • Concerned Alaskan says:

    Why hasn’t the State of Alaska joined the current lawsuit being initiated by Governor DeSantis of Florida? This state needs to quickly and firmly push back on this unconstitutional vaccine mandate.

  • john otness says:

    All political show,,, but get your poison jab…

  • Brett LeMay says:

    Does this mean that the radio propaganda from our tax fueled Department of Health and Human Services will stop airing the following lies:
    “If someone tells you that everyone dies, that is a lie”
    “GMO humans are good, natural born children of the Creator are evil”
    “The PRION bio-weapon is a vaccine”