Posted on 04/02/2011 4:58:49 PM PDT by deaconjim
The freshman Congressman representing Virginia’s 9th district Morgan H. Griffith has recently introduced H.J. Res 46, which is a constitutional amendment that will allow any federal law to be nullified by a two-thirds super-majority of state legislatures. The text of the bill is as follows:
H.J.RES.46 -- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow the several States to nullify a law or regulation of the United States. (Introduced in House - IH)
(Excerpt) Read more at jamespwillis.blogspot.com ...
While you are at it, get rid of the 16th as well.
/johnny
It’s called an amendment which can already be repealed by vote and ratification of 2/3rds.
Another "gift" of the early 20th century "progressives."
Current partisanship breakdown of the legislatures:
26 Republican-controlled Legislatures 15 Democratic-controlled Legislatures 8 Split Legislatures 1 Officially non-partisan (Nebraska)
I would think that getting rid of 17 is better than a new one allowing for repeal, since it’s harder to repeal than simply never pass in the first place.
The Senate, of course, is too lobby-driven instead of State-driven in their motives.
Regardless of what we do in changing government, we really need voters to have some sense.
I guess one Constitutional change that would help that would be making the voting age 21.
Of course, crazy as it sounds numerically, there would probably be nowhere near enough support for that to pass. Somehow mommy and daddy can’t be bothered to vote, but the kids can. Or perhaps Congress is just listening to lobbyists who want to sell kids things too much.
Maybe when the Federal government defaults on Treasuries, we can’t pay the military, Soc. Sec. checks all stop and we have double-digit interest rates and hyperinflation, the non-Freeper “parents” who “pay taxes and bills” will actually help vote out SEIU Congressman and elect some Freepers. Right now, they all think we’re “crazy”.
Considering the current situation in D.C., there’s little chance of this getting passed in the near term, but amendments are a slow process anyway. If we can get the ball rolling now however, there might well be a chance to get this done after 2012.
So a two-thirds super-majority of state legislatures could nullify 9 Stat. 452.
That would be interesting. It means a two-thirds super-majority of state legislatures could kick California out of the United States because 9 Stat. 452 is the Act of Congress that admitted California to the Union.
Kicking California out might not be so bad, but I wonder what other little surprises are hidden in the unintended consequences of this proposed amendment.
Better to repeal the 17th as others have suggested.
Yes, they could kick California out, but that would be an unintended benefit of this amendment.
Yes, they could kick California out, but that would be an unintended benefit of this amendment.
The 10th ammendment takes care of this. We don’t need another ammendment to the Constitution.
It should, but I don’t see any evidence to suggest that it does. The 10th amendment only protects the rights of the states if Congress abides by it, and they haven’t done so in decades. Had the 17th amendment not been ratified, it might still be useful. This new amendment would give the states a remedy for when Congress ignores the 10th.
With your Congressman.
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