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[A rebuttal to nathanbedford is coming very soon.]
Ideas for state empowerment keeps getting better!
UTAH OPTION.
Publius mentioned the powerful ‘Utah Option’ [post 39].
3/4 of states could completely DISSOLVE the entire federal government [judges included] and start from scratch. [So exciting it’s downright scary — the mother of all ‘nuclear options’.]
[Thank you very much, Publius!]
But of course it makes more sense for states to hold joint hearings to ‘laser-paint’ ‘smart bomb’ excoriations. Less scary for the uber-majority of voters and states [and me too].
... BUT ...
A nuclear option threat that acts as a ticking time bomb should crush congressional resistance. Congress members would have no choice — they would coordinate joint hearings with the states before there’s even an amendment!
That would give a joint hearing subpoena power, witnesses testimony under oath. More importantly: document seizures.
Once states are made aware of these ideas and work up the courage, we can turn Washington DC. on its head BEFORE there’s even a constitutional amendment! And then the ultimate consequences of an excoriation amendment fall on specific people for specific reasons.
[Elections would be called in 30 days after the Utah Option, and we haven’t even fixed voter fraud yet. So, ‘nuclear option’ to assist.]
With witness testimony and document seizures, this hydra can grow another head — a ‘Safe Border Amendment’ Hearing. [More on that later.]
A post coming up will offer a summary of the ‘Penny Plan’ Committee [or Committee of Common Sense] that perpetually trims spending, has veto power over new legislation, mandatory debate power, and so much more, all anti-central-power authority.