Bold Agenda: GOP’s Dominance in States Could Yield Crucial Constitutional Amendments

Breitbart ^ | January 4, 2015 | by Mike Flynn

[Jim Robinson]

The 2014 midterm elections gave state Republicans their largest political majorities of the modern political era. In Governor races, the GOP picked up a net 2 states, against expectations of a 2-seat loss. The party also holds 68 of the nation’s 98 partisan legislative chambers, a grip on state government not seen since the 1920s. In only seven deeply blue states do Democrats control both the legislature and the Governor’s mansion. Republicans hold or share control in every other state.

Conservatives rightfully worry that Republicans in Washington will pursue a modest agenda with their Congressional majorities, but the states provide fertile ground for a broad reform legislation. In recent years, Republicans and conservatives have won public sector reforms in Wisconsin, broad tax reform in a number of states, and have led three states—Indiana, Oklahoma, and South Carolina—out of the Common Core education regime.

A number of other states will likely also take aim at Common Core and the creeping federal involvement in education. Common Core is, in many respects, an outgrowth of Bush’s No Child Left Behind Law. Budget pressures may fuel states’ natural tendency to limit federal encroachment of a function traditionally reserved for state and local governments.

While political fights over Common Core and new laws to apply stricter safety standards on abortion clinics will capture the most headlines, moves on state budgets and taxes could have the most lasting consequences. At least a dozen states, including Missouri, Arizona, Arkansas, and North Carolina, will push income tax cuts and reform. Illinois’ new Republican Governor’s top priority is reforming the state’s nearly bankrupt public pension system.

[driftdiver]

So far they are helping Obama push his agenda.

[Jim Robinson]

The states?

[Publius]

[cripplecreek]

Even the RINOs here in Michigan have gotten pretty comfortable with resisting the feds.

[driftdiver]

Gop in florida is pushing jeb.

[Repeal The 17th]

thanks for the ping!

[OneWingedShark]

As is customary in these threads, here is a link to my proposed amendments along with their impetus/rationale.
(Contains amendments for restricting taxes, ensuring financial accountability, restricting the commerce clause, restraining the judiciary, repealing the 17, and a few more.)
[Link to FR-comment Thread]

[Yosemitest]

That's the problem with 'em stinking snow birds/damn yankees.
They bring and vote their screwed up vales in our good Southern States.
Jeb's sure to keep enough conservatives at home, that the DemocRATs will get another Fascist in the White House.

[Hostage]

Thanks for the ping,

[Tzimisce]

....the problem is that our government isn’t following the OLD amendments....

[Publius]

The federal government follows the Constitution to the letter. Unfortunately, it's the Living Constitution, the Constitution symbolized as a Tree, the Constitution that evolves with the times even though its words never change, the Constitution of penumbras and emanations, that the federal government follows.

When the federal entity goes beyond the Constitution's words to govern by penumbras and emanations, then the states should modify the words by amendment to restrict what the federal government can and cannot do.

[Jim Robinson]

Well, the idea is that if our states reassert their constitutional rights and reclaim their constitutional powers we can turn it around. The Republicans now control something like two-thirds of the state legislatures so now is the time.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Bingo we have a winner.

[Jim Robinson]

see 13

[upchuck]

Levin’s amendments include:

1. Term limits, including for justices.
2. Repealing Amendment 17 and returning the election of senators to state legislatures
3. A congressional supermajority to override Supreme Court decisions (overruling what could be a stacked court)
4. Spending limit based on GDP
5. Taxation capped at 15%
6. Limiting the commerce clause, and strengthening private property rights
7. Power of states to override a federal statute by a three-fifths vote.

That’s from a review of Mark’s book The Liberty Amendments on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Liberty-Amendments-Restoring-American/dp/1451606273/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376752894&sr=8-1&keywords=mark+levin#reader_1451606273

All of these are equally important, IMHO.

[Tzimisce]

yeah, because phrases like “shall not” and “can not be infringed” are cloudy in their meanings....

[Publius]

It’s called “case law”, or “precedent”. When you build an edifice of case law, you modify and change the meaning of words until they mean something that is quite different from their original intent. You clarify the situation by amending the Constitution to realign with original intent and close the loopholes created by case law.

[Jim Robinson]

The states created the federal government. They have the power to retake control.

[Tzimisce]

I know this is the only peaceful way to try to stop the Marxist takeover.

But Obama has had NO opposition to any major part of his agenda and some of that agenda has been to undermine the US Constitution.

Now that he's stacked the court with like minded goons and cowed any Congressional opposition...well, I don't expect anything to change.

More than likely, these Constitutional processes will be struck down as unConstitutional by big liberal judges (or something else)...