Tenth Amendment Stages Comeback

Accuracy in Academia ^ | July 30, 2010 | Kristin Theresa Jaroma

[AccuracyAcademia]

America ought to possess a clearly defined and laid out set of municipal jurisdictions; the states having one level of control in governing, while the federal branches of government have their own, Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) said at The Heritage Foundation Bloggers Briefing on July 27, 2010.

Rep. Bishop is on the Tenth Amendment Task Force in Congress. Back in 2007, a quarter of a million people working for the federal government set down and established official bylaws and regulations on the American public, with approximately four thousand joining them in this task each year, Rep. Bishop pointed out.

“We have a developed national government that basically touches everything you do,” said the Utah Congressman. This is a core issue tied to the concept of the Republican Party, the Utah Republican asserted.

“They [the Framers] thought they were establishing a national government that would do a few things well, instead what we have developed is a national government that does a whole lot of stuff and most of it extremely poorly,” asserts the Congressman.

[Rio]

It's stated simply enough:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

[OneWingedShark]

>“They [the Framers] thought they were establishing a national government that would do a few things well, instead what we have developed is a national government that does a whole lot of stuff and most of it extremely poorly,” asserts the Congressman.

Looks like the assertion passes muster.

[patton]

“Back in 2007, a quarter of a million people working for the federal government set down and established official bylaws and regulations on the American public, with approximately four thousand joining them in this task each year, Rep. Bishop pointed out.”

Well, I see a problem - meeting too big.

[houeto]

Ping.