Posted on 02/03/2021 2:52:19 PM PST by rxsid
THE RESISTANCE: North Dakota Legislators Plan To Nullify Biden’s Executive Orders At State Level
New legislation would mandate that the State of North Dakota ignore executive orders coming from the Biden administration that are unconstitutional
Republican legislators in North Dakota are taking a pro-active – and constitutional – step to push back against unconstitutional executive orders coming out of the Biden administration, and they are doing so with the power of the US Constitution in their corner.
A new bill introduced in the North Dakota State Legislature (HB1164), would instruct the state’s Attorney General to review the constitutionality of each of the executive orders issued by Joe Biden.
Under the proposed law, should the North Dakota Attorney General find that any executive orders are unlawful – or unconstitutional, the executive order would be “nullified,” it would prohibit any state, county, or local agency – or publicly funded organization – from enforcing the order(s).
The proposed legislation was introduced by State Rep. Tom Kading (R), and eight other Republicans in the North Dakota House.
Specifically, the proposed HB1164, enumerates the following issues for nullification:
Pandemics or other health emergencies
- The regulation of natural resources, including coal and oil
- The regulation of the agriculture industry
- The use of land
- The regulation of the financial sector as it relates to environmental, social, or governance standards
- The regulation of the constitutional right to keep and bear arms
Additionally, State Rep. Sebastian Ertelt (R), has introduced legislation that would affect the same fate to unconstitutional legislation coming out of the Federal Legislative Branch.
Ertelt’s HB1282 would create a “Committee on Neutralization of Federal Laws.”
This committee, comprised of state legislative leadership and their appointees, would recommend whether a given Federal law or regulation is unconstitutional. Should the committee find that a law or regulation is unconstitutional, the North Dakota Legislature would pass a concurrent resolution on whether to nullify the transgressing law or edict.
After the committee’s recommendation – and until the resolution is passed, state, county, and local agencies would be prohibited from enforcing the law or regulation.
These proposed laws are in a good position to be codified. North Dakota Republicans control the Senate 40 to 7, and the House 80 to 14.
South Dakota has legislation similar North Dakota’s HB1164 targeting Biden’s executive lawmaking.
South Dakota’s HB1194 sets up an executive board to review the constitutionality of all presidential executive orders. It lists the six issues laid out in the North Dakota legislation as well.
The South Dakota Legislature – as with the North Dakota Legislature – is dominated by Republicans; 32 to 3 in the Senate, and 62 to 8 in the House.
The United States Constitution’s Supremacy Clause enjoins each state to follow laws that are constitutionally sound and only on issues that the Constitution granted purview to the federal government to determine.
If the federal government – be it the Executive, Legislative, or the Judicial Branch – acts unconstitutionally, the individual states have a right to ignore the transgressing edict. This notion was championed by none other than the great champion of strong central government, Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist No. 33.
I think your right.
Xiden's controllers would actually do it. Then, it would be back to the state(s) to see what action they would in turn take.
Indeed it goes!
FRegards.
It would obviously add another level of government, but perhaps that might work because as you stated...our country is very, very diverse now and the existing fed gov one size fits all for domestic issues isn't working anymore.
The real premier sight in ND is the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the western part of the state, north off I-94.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_National_Park
This is why I love where I live. Around here, they call it “Dakota Strong”.
A relative is a staunch D in ND.
I’m so glad most NK people are smarter than an average dumbasses.
Its a federal government project. And that is why it is so messed up.
But nothing is preventing those states from taking it over and going on with it. All they have to do is join up and do it.
Definitely the badlands and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. A must see is the Medora musical!
But the winter...*eek*
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It takes courage.
Yes!
Come on UNITED states...use your power enshrined in the constitution now, or lose it forever.
“If not us, who? If not now, when?” (JFK)
Pretty much everything that comes out of washington, dc is unconstitutional. They can read in the US constitution into the law and list the enumerated powers delegated therein, then anything coming out of the stink pot DC outside of the those powers is null and void.
I love that, I hope they are successful! And other states, like Tennessee, take it up.
I sometimes wonder if I made a mistake choosing to escape the Tennessee. Just because where you are, there are a lot of rebellious people that won’t tolerate communism. I did drive through your state and Idaho, that was just drop dead gorgeous. I just didn’t know if I could handle the winters.
Bump
Yes.
Gum up the process. Request forms you do not need or intend to use, OVER AND OVER. File requests for hearings en masse and then just don’t show up... 70+ million people can REALLY create a headache for a fake government. Get creative.
the us government is required to send you voluminous amounts of information at your request. FREE of charge. Let me let you in on a little secret. They don’t have the money, the manpower, or paper to fulfill that promise to 70+ million people who truly approach their “promises” as “genuine”.
When I was a kid, in grade school, they raised the price of the school lunch. Maybe 10 cents more.
A boycott started. Within a month, not one kid was buying lunch.
Panic set in. The Lunch staff would be laid off if this continued. The Principle called in the company that produced the lunches. Their spokesman got on stage in front of four hundred kids. He actually ate a raw ham burger in front of us to prove how safe and nutritious the food was!
Within days, all resistance faded, and we went back to 300 lunched sold every day.
Well...therein lies the problem. The children were in charge of the boycott and were the ones to ultimately give in. ;)
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