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To: Jim 0216

Its a lot easier and faster to just invoke the 10th Ammendment. :-) Case in point: 31 Governors telling Barky not gonna take any refugees. See how easy that was?

Now how about 31 or more Governors telling the EPA to pack sand on the Waters of the whatever regs. or not gonna close down those coal fired power plants or a thousand other things that are not enumerated powers of the Federal Govt.


29 posted on 11/28/2015 11:05:04 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Now how about 31 or more Governors telling the EPA to pack sand on the Waters of the whatever regs. or not gonna close down those coal fired power plants or a thousand other things that are not enumerated powers of the Federal Govt.

Your idea has been described as state nullification of a federal law. When South Carolina threatened to nullify some federal import taxes, President Andrew Jackson sent them a message in 1832. It is known to history as President Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification. And, then, privately, Jackson sent messages to the bigwigs in South Carolina that, if necessary, he would personally come down to South Carolina and hang the bigwigs from the nearest trees.

A modern president would not hang state leaders from trees, but a modern president would just send into a state sufficient resources to enforce federal law. If we want to reverse the growth of the federal government (a 200 year trend) we are going to need the support of a majority of the people who are willing to make their feelings known at election time.

35 posted on 11/28/2015 11:16:00 AM PST by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Well, you’re speaking my language: state nullification of unconstitutional federal acts which is federal tyranny. That can be done NOW, not in the sweet, sweet bye-and-bye if and when the jigsaw puzzle of the Article V thing comes together.


46 posted on 11/28/2015 12:15:18 PM PST by Jim W N
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